Rants & raves
Caption: “Of course she is [a selfish hedonist]. That goes by definition. of course she is.”
–Illinois Republican U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes, referring to Mary Cheney in an interview with Sirius OutQ’s Michaelangelo Signorile, August 31. Keyes had called homosexuality “selfish hedonism,” after which Signorile asked him whether Cheney is a “selfish hedonist.”
Legal recognition and the accompanying benefits afforded couples should be preserved for that unique and special union of one man and one woman, which has historically been called marriage.”
–An excerpt from the 2004 national platform of the Republican Party
“Because the union of a man and woman deserve an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges.”
–President George W. Bush, in accepting the Republican Party nomination for president in New York, September 2
“I can honestly say on my show, I admit it: I am homophobic.”
–Radio talk show host Michael Reagan, son of the late president and a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention, writing his upcoming memoir, as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, August 31
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