“Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.” MenLooksMatterFactsWould BeYoungLyingOrderBeliefForceIssuesPolicyCitizensGayMen And WomenFellowsYoung ManThings To DoRight ThingAllowingChairmanPersonal Beliefs Author:Michael Mullen
“Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people. They invent this idea of people who are politically correct, with a rigid, monstrous attitude to life so they can attack. But we have all had to learn to modify our language. That's all part of being a decent human being.” PeopleWayHumansIdeasHardPoliticalLanguageForceHuman BeingsAttitudeGayConceptsTreatsDecentRacistMonstrousPolitical CorrectnessGay PeopleCorrectnessPolitically CorrectDegrading Author:Clare Short
“If you're a print shop and you are a gay man, should you be forced to print 'God Hates Fags' for the Westboro Baptist Church because they hold those signs up? Should the government - and this is really the case here - should the government force you to do that?” IfsMenShouldGovernmentHateForceChurchCasesGayShopsPrintBaptistsGay MenAnti DiscriminationWestboro Baptist Church Author:Rick Santorum
“Homosexuality is a cause, much like a religion. What is the philosophy behind gay pride parades? The same philosophy that there is behind Muslim demonstrations! Show of force and promotion of the ethos! Homosexuals promote their lifestyle much like religionists promote their religion. I suppose they realize that the bigger is their number, the more political clout they can wield.” PhilosophyShowsPoliticalForceCausesRealizingNumbersBehindsPrideGayBiggerLifestyleHomosexualityHomosexualPromotionDemonstrationParadesEthosGay PrideClout Author:Ali Sina
“After I read about Uganda's now famous "kill the gays" bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a gay man, I wanted to understand the folks who wanted to kill me and why.” MenWantedForceReligiousBehindsGayBillsFolksKill MeGay MenUganda Author:Roger Ross Williams
“I grew up in the South but I started dancing in my twenties when I got out of the Air Force, and studying dance, you're surrounded by gay guys all the time. You get to know them and you have to shift gears!” KnowsGuyForceStudyAirGrewGayGrew UpTwentiesDancingSouthGearsAir ForceGay Guy Author:Morgan Freeman
“If Obama can force you to get health insurance just by calling it a tax, than there is nothing to stop him from making you gay marry an illegal immigrant wearing a condom on a hydroponic pot farm powered by solar energy.” IfsEnergyForceCallingGayTaxesImmigrantsIllegalPotFarmsIllegal ImmigrantsCondomSolar Energy Author:Stephen Colbert
“In the Air Force, I had an old Wilcox Gay recorder, and I used to hear guitar runs on that recorder going (vocalizing) like the chords on "I Walk The Line." And I always wanted to write a love song using that theme, that tune.” WritingRunningWantedUsedSongForceLinesWalksAirGayGuitarThemeTunesChordsAir ForceRecorders Author:Johnny Cash
“Even there, [Barack] Obama's generals, his Pentagon, they're telling him what to do. And the force for gay rights is inevitable. And you can say Obama will help us, and maybe he will, but only if we have something on the ground that will make him help us. Frankly, the gay movement on the ground has been one of the great propulsive things that has made politicians do what they do.” IfsHas BeensMadeHelpingForceRightsMovementPoliticianGayBarackInevitableGay RightsPentagon Author:Bill Ayers
“I have no personal desire to get married whatsoever and I certainly have no desire to be a soldier. I'm old school, I'm from gay liberation, we wanted to end war forever and smash the patriarchy and these are values I still hold dear but, I believe that any person who wants to get married should have that right and I know that Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual people serve with distinction in the armed forces, and that when they are killed, supposedly serving our country in these wars, that I personally do not support, their partners back home do not receive death benefits.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldBelievePersonsStillsWarEndsCountryHomeWantedSchoolDesireValuesForceI BelieveSupportForeverGayBenefitsMarriedShould HaveSoldierDearPartnersOur CountryLiberationDistinctionServingPatriarchyBack HomeOld SchoolBisexualArmed ForcesPersonal DesireGay Liberation Author:Cleve Jones
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with.” WantBelieveDoeSaidForceStuffHugeGayDon't BelieveTomsLawsuit Author:Nicole Kidman
“When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible.” PeopleTryingForceReadyGaySuicideHorribleBulliedBeing BulliedCommitting Suicide Author:Ricky Martin
“I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.” ThinkingFactsLyingChoicesForceNatureGayLgbtHomosexuality Author:Marlo Thomas
“I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, "You just haven't met the right girl yet.” TryingCountryBigsGirlForceCitiesHavensMetsGayFolksCousinBig CitiesRight Girl Book:Bossypants Source: Bossypants
“Legalizing gay marriage is not about making it possible for gay people to become couples. It's about giving the Left the power to force anti-religious values on our children. Once they legalize gay marriage, it will be the bludgeon they use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools.” PeopleGivingChildrenUseSchoolValuesLeftForceReligiousTeachCoupleGayOur ChildrenTraditionalIllegalGay MarriageHomophobiaGay PeopleAnti ReligiousTraditional ValuesReligious Values Author:Orson Scott Card