We’ve had a few quotable quotes dedicated to gay marriage and the naturalness or “unnaturalness” of homosexuality, including a George Bush edition, and now let’s kick off number 3!
“Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said that homosexuality “is a lifestyle I don’t agree with.” This is a trope you hear from the religious right a good deal, and it seems to have entered the conservative mainstream, rolling easily off the tongue. But it is a very odd thing to say. No one (speaking rationally) says, “I don’t agree with the Pacific Ocean” or “I don’t agree with the Grand Canyon.” Facts are not things you agree or disagree with. You can agree or disagree with viewpoints, thoughts, or ideas, but homosexuality is not a viewpoint or idea. It is a thing, an attribute, a nature, a fact.”
- Syndicated gay-press columnist Paul Varnell
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“The claim that homosexuality is “unnatural” …. Perhaps the Pope is suggesting that it lies beyond the scope of “normal” human behaviour. If so, this has uncomfortable implications for an association of old men who wear dresses, hear voices and practise ritual cannibalism …. Self-enforced celibacy … is all but unknown among other animal species. If any sexual behaviour is out of tune with the natural world, it is surely that of the priesthood.”
- George Monbiot writing in Britain’s The Guardian
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“My ultimate objective is to help create a society where people no longer define themselves as gay, straight and bisexual. When all three orientations are deemed equally valid and all intolerance is eradicated, there will be no need to differentiate betweeen people of different sexualities. True queer liberation is when nobody cares who’s hetero, homo or bi: when we can love whoever we want – man or woman – without fear of ostracism, prejudice, discrimination, or violence.”
- British gay leader Peter Tatchell (OutRage!)
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And finally, on the subject of gay Republicans …
“I think the ‘different kind of Republican’ tag is a load of crap. I wonder why gay Republicans don’t just go out in the parking lot and beat themselves up – it would be quicker.”
- Hollywood Square Bruce Vilanch to Gay.com
