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You Can't Have Rosie On The View And Elton John Packing Mom And Pop In At Caesars Palace And Gay People All Over Television, And Then Have These Politicians Run Out There With A Straight Face And Say That Gay And Lesbian Relationships Are A Threat To The Family. We Are Winning In The Culture - Which Is Why We'll Ultimately Win The Political War.

One Man's Piss-soaked Sadomasochistic Orgy Is Another Man's Poetic Ecstasy.

When You're A Writer, You Want To Try To Avoid Cliches. Unfortunately, When You're Writing About Marriage Or Family, All Cliches Seem To Apply.

And That Really Captures The Difference For The Bullied Straight Kid Versus The Bullied Gay Kid, Is That The Bullied Straight Kid Goes Home To A Shoulder To Cry On And Support And Can Talk Freely About His Experience At School And Why He's Being Bullied. [...] And I Couldn't Go Home And Open Up To My Parents.

I Don't Think That Gay And Lesbian Relationships Are Identical To Heterosexual Relationships. I Do Think That Heterosexual Weddings, Or At Least Most Of Them, Are Sort Of Camp Pantomimes About Male And Female Sex Roles, Even If The Couple Is Marrying As Individuals And Equals.