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"The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision." - Lynne Lavner, comedian

"There is probably no heterosuxal alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality." - Norman Mailer

"I don't have any theory about homosexuality. I ascertain that I'm homosexual. Okay. That's no cause for alarm. How and why are idle questions. It's a little like my wanting to know why my eyes are green." - Jean Genet

"Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degredation, it cannot be classified as an illness.... It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too." - Sigmund Freud

"It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding for homosexuals, is so crassly indifferent to the various gradations and variations of gender and their great significance in life. Far be it for me to seek to evaluate these peole as inferior, less moral, or incapable of higher feelings and actions." - Emma Goldman, anarchist

"It's a good thing that I was born a woman, or I'd have been a drag queen." - Dolly Parton

"What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny - your belief isn't necessary." - Lea Delaria, comedian

"I came out to my sister, and she said, 'Oh my god, you're gay! Are you seeing a psychologhist?' I answered, 'No, I'm seeing a schoolteacher'." - Bob Smith, comedian

"The Pledge of Allegiance says 'With liberty and justice for ALL.' What part of 'all' do you not understand?" - former congressman Pat Schroeder, opposing the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act

and a bonus one from the movie Trembling Before G-d:
"And like everything else, when you don't know you tend to demonisze and dehumanize. When you know, you've met the individual, seen the sincerity of his prayer, you can no longer demonize or dehumanize, you just have to love and help." - Rabbi Shlomo Riskin