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“We will get married the day gays and lesbians can get married, when that right is given to them. … The day that law gets passed, we’ll get married.”
Actress Cherlize Theron (“Aeon Flux,” “Monster”), on the decision she reached about when she and boyfriend Stuart Townsend will wed (“Extra,” Nov. 22)
“Ford isn’t discriminating against all gay people, just rich gay people who love constant shorts in their electrical systems.”
“The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart, on the automaker’s decision to pull ads for Land Rover and Jaguar from gay publications under pressure from the anti-gay American Family Association (Comedy Central, Dec. 13)
“Why is everybody so afraid to be a homosexual?”
Joe Redner, known in the Tampa/St. Pete, Fla., as “the king of strip clubs” for his chain of bars featuring women dancing for men, on why he sued Hillsborough County for banning acknowledgements of Gay Pride festivities (St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 13)
“People can think what they want. But I do find all these rumors about whether I’m gay weird. And on a personal level, it’s a bit odd to be talking about it.”
Jamie Bell, who made it big starring in 2000’s “Billy Elliott” and appears in “King Kong,” on rumors about his sexual orientation (Contact Music, Dec. 14)
“When we started making the movie, we assumed it would have a very limited release. It will be interesting to see how it plays when it goes wider, out of the art houses. We don’t know what to expect.”
Ang Lee, director of “Brokeback Mountain,” following news that the film was nominated for seven Golden Globe awards (Hollywood Reporter, Dec. 14)
“If they’re not vomiting their way out of the theater when they see that scene, they are certainly going to be uncomfortable, and even in the uncomfortable aspects, they are going to be bored silly.”
Ted Baehr of MovieGuide.org, a “family-oriented” conservative film review site, on the sex scenes in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus on the Family, Dec. 8)
“You see two characters obsessed with a type of bondage that they don’t know what to do with. They don’t know where it came from, and they don’t know how to resolve it. And they both end up experiencing tragic consequences in their lives.”
Caleb H. Price, analyst for Focus on the Family, rejecting Hollywood’s description of “Brokeback” as an “achingly beautiful love story” (Focus on the Family, Dec. 8)
“The Marlboro Man has succumbed to the homosexual agenda, and John Wayne must be turning over in his grave.”
Irene Bennett, co-host of Straight Talk Radio, a new nationally syndicated daily radio program devoted to homosexuality, and featuring Bennett and her husband Stephen, who identifies as a former homosexual (Christian Wire Service, Dec. 8)
“We assumed it would be ‘R’; it was ‘R.’ It was totally fair. It’s an adult, grown-up movie. It’s a movie I think young people could see or should see in the context of their parents talking to them about it. That’s an ‘R’ rating to me.”
James Schamus, co-president of Focus Features, which released “Brokeback Mountain,” on criticism from conservative groups that the film should have received an NC-17 rating (FoxNews.com, Dec. 9)
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