: Quotes :
Some quotes gathered by my friend Lily in Houston, some funny, some profound:
If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in sick to work: "Hello. Can't work today, still queer."~Robin Tyler
I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.~Charles Pierce
"Dear Abby" - In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood. 'You could move.'~Abigail Van Buren
The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft, we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada.~Lorne Bloch
Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M-16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"~Jon Stewart
My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.~Rita Mae Brown
Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.~Letter to the Editor, The Advocate
You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.~Barry Goldwater
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?~Ernest Gaines
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.~Rita Mae Brown
The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.~Lynn Lavner
George W. Bush: Making terrorists faster than he can kill them.~unknown
God is a lesbian, but also a gay, a black, a white, a chrysanthemum. It is because you don't understand that, that you discriminate.~Thich Nhat Hahn
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed~Steve Biko
If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in sick to work: "Hello. Can't work today, still queer."~Robin Tyler
I'd rather be black than gay because when you're black you don't have to tell your mother.~Charles Pierce
"Dear Abby" - In response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood. 'You could move.'~Abigail Van Buren
The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft, we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada.~Lorne Bloch
Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M-16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"~Jon Stewart
My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.~Rita Mae Brown
Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons.~Letter to the Editor, The Advocate
You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.~Barry Goldwater
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?~Ernest Gaines
The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.~Rita Mae Brown
The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.~Lynn Lavner
George W. Bush: Making terrorists faster than he can kill them.~unknown
God is a lesbian, but also a gay, a black, a white, a chrysanthemum. It is because you don't understand that, that you discriminate.~Thich Nhat Hahn
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed~Steve Biko
