“Ever
since
I
met
Del
55
years
ago,
I
could
never
imagine
a
day
would
come
when
she
wouldn’t
be
by
my
side.
I
also
never
imagined
there
would
be
a
day
that
we
would
actually
be
able
to
get
married.
I
am
devastated,
but
I
take
some
solace
in
knowing
we
were
able
to
enjoy
the
ultimate
rite
of
love
and
commitment
before
she
passed.”
Phyllis
Lyon
(right)
in
a
statement
on
the
death
of
her
wife,
Del
Martin,
87,
on
Aug.
27.
Martin
and
Lyon
were
a
pioneering
couple
in
fighting
for
equal
rights
for
gay
people
and
plaintiffs
in
the
lawsuit
seeking
to
have
gay
marriage
legalized
in
California.
The
couple
was
married
June
16
in
San
Francisco.
(San
Francisco
Chronicle,
Aug.
27)
“Sen.
McCain
showed
courage
by
bucking
his
own
party’s
leadership
and
the
president
—
twice
voting
against
the
[marriage]
amendment.
He
gave
an
impassioned
speech
on
the
Senate
floor,
calling
the
amendment
‘antithetical
in
every
way
to
the
core
philosophy
of
Republicans.’”
Log
Cabin
Republican
President
Patrick
Sammon
on
the
group’s
endorsement
this
week
of
GOP
presidential
nominee
John
McCain.
(Washington
Blade,
Sept.
2)
“Try
‘never.’
Even
my
girlfriends
don’t
believe
I’m
gay
until
we
go
to
bed.
I’m
sure
I’d
do
much
better
in
L.A.,
because
there
are
a
lot
more
skinny
femmes
out
there,
but
—
I
have
less
competition
in
New
York.”
Fashion
model
Jessica
Clark
discussing
how
many
people
don’t
believe
she’s
gay.
Clark
is
in
a
relationship
with
Lacey
Stone,
a
New
York
City
professional
trainer.
(Afterellen.com,
Aug.
31)
“Inmates
can
marry
non-inmates;
there
is
no
requirements
based
on
gender,
as
long
as
they’re
outside
the
prison
wall.”
Michele
Kane,
spokesperson
for
the
California
Department
of
Corrections
&
Rehabilitation,
on
plans
being
made
to
allow
gay
inmates
to
marry
after
a
state
Supreme
Court
ruling
in
May
legalizing
gay
marriage.
(Contra
Costa
Times,
Aug.
28)
“They’re
the
ones
that
made
an
issue
of
her
family.
Apparently
she’s
a
great
favorite
with
the
conservative
social
movement.
They
have
said
that
it’s
liberalism
and
liberals
who
have
undermined
families
—
same-sex
marriage
has
been
a
problem,
they
don’t
want
gay
people
to
adopt
...
This
helps
undercut
those
arguments.”
Rep.
Barney
Frank
(D-Mass.),
who
is
gay,
on
Republican
presidential
nominee
John
McCain’s
vice
president
pick,
Alaska
Gov.
Sarah
Palin.
News
broke
this
week
that
Palin’s
unmarried
17-year
old
daughter
is
pregnant.
(Associated
Press,
Sept.
2).
“Nobody
can
quite
believe
that
John
McCain
picked
her.
…
This
has
been
greeted
with
such
shock
—
and
with
every
salacious
detail
about
stuff
that
wasn’t
vetted
coming
to
the
floor
seemingly
with
each
hour
of
the
news
cycle
—
it
is
becoming
less
likely
by
the
hour
that
Palin
will
still
be
John
McCain’s
nominee
even
by
the
end
of
the
week.”
MSNBC
political
commentator
Rachel
Maddow
to
Think
Progress
on
the
possibility
of
Palin
being
pulled
as
McCain’s
vice
presidential
nominee.
Maddow,
a
lesbian,
is
slated
to
host
her
own
MSNBC
show
beginning
Sept.
8.
(Towleroad.com,
Sept.
3)
“It’s
simply
un-American
not
to
be
tolerant
of
different
lifestyles.
If
you
wanna
live
in
a
single-minded,
religious-based
country
you’re
in
the
wrong
place.”
Actress
Fran
Drescher,
who
hosted
a
fundraiser
in
California
this
week
to
help
defeat
Proposition
8
that
would
ban
same-sex
marriage.
(Queerty.com,
Sept.
3)
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