10.
‘Everybody
Loves
Raymond
—
Especially
Steve’
9.
‘CSI:
San
Francisco’
8.
‘Inside
the
Actor’s
Studio
Apartment
in
the
West
Village’
7.
‘Law
&
Order:
Special
Antiquing
Unit’
6.
‘King
of
Queens’
5.
‘Desperate
Houseboys’
4.
‘Stone
Phillips
—
Unleashed’
3.
‘Malcolm
in
the
Middle’
2.
‘My
Wife
&
Kids
—
Have
No
Idea’
1.
‘Press
the
Meat’”
David
Letterman’s
Top
10
suggestions
for
the
Q
Television
Network,
one
of
several
gay
cable
channels
launched
in
2005
(CBS’
“Late
Night,”
Jan.
10)
“There’s
a
certain
reality
to
dealing
with
the
Congress.
Yes,
I’ll
push
for
it.
Yes,
I’m
still
for
it.
I
just
want
people
to
understand
that
there’s
a
mentality
on
the
Hill
that
says
the
way
things
are
fine
now
—
in
other
words,
states
are
protected
from
the
decisions
of
one
state
to
the
next
because
of
the
Defense
of
Marriage
Act.”
President
Bush,
reacting
to
conservative
critics
who
wanted
him
to
push
harder
for
a
constitutional
ban
on
gay
marriage
during
his
second
term
(NBC,
Jan.
17)
“Many
parents
would
not
want
their
young
children
exposed
to
the
lifestyles
portrayed
in
the
episode.
Congress’
and
the
[Education]
Department’s
purpose
in
funding
this
programming
certainly
was
not
to
introduce
this
kind
of
subject
matter
to
children,
particularly
through
the
powerful
and
intimate
medium
of
television.”
U.S.
Education
Secretary
Margaret
Spellings,
in
a
letter
to
PBS
President
and
CEO
Pat
Mitchell,
expressing
her
displeasure
that
the
children’s
show
‘Postcards
from
Buster’
planned
to
show
two
lesbian
parents
in
an
episode
that
was
eventually
pre-empted
in
most
parts
of
the
country
(AP,
Jan.
26)
“I
feel
sick
about
it.
I
can’t
believe
PBS
would
back
down
to
this.
I
understand
they
get
public
funding,
but
they
should
be
the
one
station
we
feel
confident
in,
in
knowing
that
what
we
see
there
represents
our
whole
country.”
Karen
Pike
of
Hinesburg,
Vt.,
on
PBS’s
decision
not
to
broadcast
the
‘Postcards
from
Buster’
episode
during
which
she
and
her
lesbian
partner,
Gillian
Pieper,
were
featured
with
their
three
children
(AP,
Jan.
27)
“I
support
gay
marriage.
I
believe
they
have
a
right
to
be
as
miserable
as
the
rest
of
us.”
Musician-turned-mystery
author-turned-2006
Texas
gubernatorial
candidate
Kinky
Friedman,
after
a
reporter
asked
his
position
on
same-sex
marriage
(AP,
Feb.
3)
“Now
I
know
what
President
Bush
meant
when
he
said
he
had
a
mandate.”
Talk
show
host
Bill
Maher,
on
the
revelations
about
conservative
journalist
(and
occasional
Blade
columnist)
Jeff
Gannon
(a.k.a.
James
Guckert)
who
was
called
on
during
a
White
House
press
briefing
before
bloggers
revealed
that
he
had
posted
ads
on
gay
escort
sites
(HBO’s
“Real
Time,”
Feb.
19)
“I
absolutely
love
women
and
find
them
incredibly
sexy.
I
have
loved
women
in
the
past
and
slept
with
them.
I
think
if
you
love
and
want
to
pleasure
a
woman,
particularly
if
you
are
a
woman
yourself,
then
certainly
you
know
how
to
do
things
a
certain
way.”
Actress
Angelina
Jolie,
in
an
interview
with
a
British
magazine
(OK!
Magazine,
March
15)
“Years
from
now
we’ll
look
back,
as
gay
men,
and
be
pretty
despondent
that
we
popularized
and
glamorized
this
drug.
I’m
not
anti-partying
or
anti-sex.
But
how
can
we
fight
for
our
rights
as
a
sexual
minority
if
we
don’t
establish
what’s
right
and
wrong
in
our
community,
and
look
out
for
each
other?”
Dan
Carlson,
an
ex-meth
addict
who
co-founded
the
HIV
Forum
to
combat
growing
crystal
meth
use
among
gay
men
(AP,
March
28)
“Please
do
not
accept
‘separate
but
equal’
as
a
payoff.
Don’t
let
anyone
brand
you
a
second
class
citizen.”
Actor
and
activist
Harvey
Fierstein,
who
lives
in
Connecticut,
in
a
letter
before
the
state
legislature
passed
a
law
creating
civil
unions
in
that
state
(AP,
March
24)
“[Dennis
Rader]
still
hasn’t
done
anything
really
terrible,
like
support
gay
marriage.”
Comedy
writer
Jake
Novak,
poking
fun
at
news
reports
that
Rader
had
not
been
kicked
out
of
his
Kansas
church
congregation,
despite
Rader’s
confession
that
he
was
the
BTK
(Bind-Torture-Kill)
serial
killer
(AP,
April
1)
“I
know
a
ton
of
gay
men
that
would
be
more
than
willing
to
stay
in
the
Army
if
they
could
just
be
open.
But
if
we
have
to
stay
here
and
hide
our
lives
all
the
time,
it’s
just
not
worth
it.”
Sgt.
Robert
Stout,
an
Ohio
native
who
received
a
Purple
Heart
after
being
wounded
in
Iraq.
Stout
wanted
to
return
to
duty
as
an
openly
gay
man
(AP,
April
15)
“Whether
it
is
gay
marriage,
homosexual
adoption,
hate
crimes
laws
including
gays
or
the
attempt
to
introduce
a
homosexual
normalizing
curriculum
into
our
schools,
all
of
these
efforts
should
be
ruthlessly
opposed.
The
existence
of
our
culture
depends
on
it
…
The
attack
[on
the
Atlanta
lesbian
bar
the
Otherside
Lounge
in
1997]
was
meant
to
send
a
powerful
message
in
protest
of
Washington’s
continued
tolerance
and
support
for
the
homosexual
political
agenda
…
I
make
no
apologies.”
Eric
Rudolph,
in
a
statement
he
wrote
when
pleading
guilty
to
several
bombings,
including
at
the
Otherside
Lounge,
the
1996
summer
Olympics
in
Atlanta
and
abortion
clinics
in
Alabama
and
Georgia
(Washington
Blade,
April
15)
“At
the
end
of
the
day,
I
am
sure
that
all
the
people
who
are
affected
by
your
actions
will
walk
away
stronger.
Eric,
I
am
going
to
pray
for
you
…
God
bless
you.”
Beverly
McMahon
and
Dana
Ford,
former
owners
of
the
Otherside
Lounge,
in
a
joint
statement
they
read
at
Rudolph’s
sentencing
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