Quote of the Day: January 2013
What's the Definition of 'Minority?'
Filed by Bil Browning | January 31, 2013 | 12:00 PM |"But let me tell you, there was one thing that sort of troubled me in the discussion about it -- nobody was particularly quoted; they attributed something to governor's office and others -- was that the governor would want to...Read More
Hillary Wants a Little Shut Eye
Filed by Bil Browning | January 30, 2013 | 5:50 PM |"I hope I get to sleep in. It will be the first time in many years. I have no office to go to, no schedule to keep, no work to do. That will probably last a few days then I...Read More
Obama's Immigration Plan Is LGBT Inclusive
Filed by Bil Browning | January 29, 2013 | 1:59 PM |"As we've said all along, this is consistent with the principles he has laid out over the last four years. And the President has long believed that Americans with same-sex partners from other countries should not be faced with the...Read More
Jindal: We Are the Stupid Party
Filed by Bil Browning | January 25, 2013 | 11:11 AM |"We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. I'm here to say we've...Read More
Senator Joe Donnelly Never Fails to Disappoint
Filed by Bil Browning | January 24, 2013 | 12:30 PM |"I am a strong supporter of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. My work will not be done until every Hoosier who wants a job has a job, and the Keystone XL pipeline means jobs for American families and energy security...Read More
And Burn Their Houses to the Ground
Filed by Bil Browning | January 23, 2013 | 12:00 PM |"America is opening the floodgate - and if you want to know what God thinks about the sin of homosexuality, you can look at his urban renewal development plan in Sodom and Gomorrah. It gives you a pretty good idea....Read More
Non-Sexual Bondage: Isn't This Priestly Celibacy?
Filed by Bil Browning | January 22, 2013 | 1:45 PM |"Father Donovan is suffering from a psychological condition that manifests itself in self-bondage as a response to stress.* The clinical therapist also confirms that the strict absence of illicit sexual behaviors, relationships, and patterns reveal that this self-bondage is to...Read More
He Always Seemed Like Such a Nice Young Man...
Filed by Bil Browning | January 18, 2013 | 10:15 AM |"I can't fathom it. He was so spiritual. His sermons were wonderful. He had such knowledge of theology." -- 77-year-old Therese Ruppert, a parishioner at the Church of St. Peter in Danbury, Connecticut after a former priest, Kevin Wallin, was...Read More
Derailing Harvey Milk Airport
Filed by Bil Browning | January 17, 2013 | 12:34 PM |"I am supportive of the idea, but people need to understand this isn't necessarily a slam dunk. Powerful forces, I suspect, will attempt to derail this." -- Cleve Jones speaking to the Bay Area Reporter about plans announced this week...Read More
Chuck Hagel's Promise
Filed by Bil Browning | January 16, 2013 | 11:15 AM |"I fully support the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and value the service of all those who fight for our country. I know firsthand the profound sacrifice our service members and their families make, and if confirmed...Read More
Challenging Sex Addiction
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | January 14, 2013 | 9:30 AM |"Perhaps the most interesting thing about the sex addiction movement--and certainly the most telling--is that it did not arise from the field of sex therapy or any other sexuality-related field... 'Sex addiction' has been adopted enthusiastically by the addiction community,...Read More
One of the Good Ones
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | January 11, 2013 | 9:30 AM |"No one church or leader represents all persons of faith... all loving, committed couples should be recognized, respected and treated equally under the law." Rev. Gene Dyszlewski - Chairman of the Rhode Island Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality...Read More
Anderson Cooper Has a Potty Mouth
Filed by Bil Browning | January 08, 2013 | 3:00 PM |"Bitch, what the fuck are you doing?" -- Anderson Cooper to a guy who was trying to secretly take Cooper and ice skater Johnny Weir's photo while they were out in public....Read More
Churches Masquerading As Political Orgs
Filed by Bil Browning | January 05, 2013 | 11:30 AM |"In my view 'social conservatives' need to do two big things much, much better: build actual political organizations instead of religious ministries masquerading as political organizations, and invest in culture creation networks -- serious artistic and intellectual networks. Culture wars...Read More
Kesha Comes Out
Filed by Bil Browning | January 03, 2013 | 1:00 PM |"I don't love just men. I love people. It's not about a gender. It's just about the spirit that exudes from that other person you're with." -- Pop star Kesha coming out as bisexual to the teen magazine Seventeen. Apparently...Read More
What Nature Tells Us Is Impossible
Filed by Bil Browning | January 02, 2013 | 11:30 AM |"Civil laws that establish 'same sex marriage' create a legal fiction. The State has no power to create something that nature itself tells us is impossible." -- Chicago Cardinal Francis George in a letter sent to congregations to urge them...Read More
A Backwater That Frown on Diversity
Filed by Bil Browning | January 01, 2013 | 1:00 PM |"Despite vows from Gov-elect Mike Pence to stay out of these pesky social issues, expect our dear General Assembly to vote on adding a ban on same-sex marriage to the state's constitution... Expect Indiana to be criticized nationally. Expect us...Read More
