LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth |
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by Rex Wockner |
"I have a great-great-grandfather. They were trying to build a generation out there in the desert and so he took additional wives as he was told to do. And I must admit, I can't imagine anything more awful than polygamy." Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes, May 13. "I underestimated America. I braced myself for the wrath of a nation under God. I imagined that it would be a firestorm, that it would be some insane number of letters demanding my deportation or my death. And in fact, 95 percent of the correspondence I've had have been overwhelmingly supportive and positive. But I will say that the 5 percent that I've had have been unbelievably, viscerally, frighteningly negative." Newly out former National Basketball Association player John Amaechi to the Log Cabin Republicans' annual convention, as quoted by the Associated Press, May 6. "The nation's commitment to human rights requires that lawmakers revisit 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' the current policy that prevents lesbians, gays and bisexuals from serving openly in our armed forces....'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' is the only law in America today that regulates a group of citizens then prohibits them from identifying themselves and speaking up on their own behalf. Gay soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are unable to tell their Member of Congress or their commander that the policy is an abject failure and they are living proof because they will face discharge. Those who defend our liberties and freedoms deserve better." Former President Jimmy Carter in a May 15 statement. "The Supremes have always had a huge gay following, probably to do with the glamour. When we were coming up, to be so glamorous at that stage in American history was definitely different." Mary Wilson to the Palm Springs gay magazine The Bottom Line, April 27. "I think as long as we're alive there's a chance [of a reunion tour with Diana Ross]. I just hope that we're not too ugly, you know, too old. It's something that I would like to happen, but I do understand that it takes more than just what I would like Diana's got to want to do this as well. If she ever wants to do it, I'll be there." The Supremes' Mary Wilson to the Palm Springs gay magazine The Bottom Line, April 27. "We could sit here with any number of policemen and doctors and they would all tell you if everybody who had a dependence on alcohol changed their mind and had a dependence on weed, the world would be a much easier place to live in. Nobody ever came home stoned and beat up their wife." Gay singer George Michael in an appearance on Michael Parkinson's talk show on the British network ITV, May 19. |
LETTERS From CAMP Rehoboth, Vol. 17, No. 6 June 1, 2007 |