"I don't know how denying information to young people about sexuality or sexual orientation does anything to promote their health and well being."
– Kevin Jennings, the executive director of the New York-based Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, said the curriculum could reduce bullying over sexual identity, Aug. 15, 2007, New York Times
"If there are genetic contributions to sexual orientation, they will not remain hidden forever — the march of genetic science can't be stopped. It's not a question of whether we should or should not do this research, it's that we make sure we're prepared to protect people from insidious uses of this science."
– Timothy F. Murphy, bioethicist adviser to the study, to reporter Robert Mitchum, Chicago Tribune: Study of gay brothers may find clues about sexuality, Aug. 12, 2007
"A lot of times people we talk to see this research as providing evidence for something they may [have] already had a notion for, that sexual orientation is influenced by pretty early events out of their control.
– Dr. Alan Sanders, a psychiatrist at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and the leader of the current study, to reporter Robert Mitchum, Chicago Tribune: Study of gay brothers may find clues about sexuality, Aug. 12, 2007
"Soccer is a macho sport anywhere in the world, but we know there are homosexual players, just like there are homosexuals in other professions. But sexual orientation should never be a problem as long as the person is competent at what he or she does."
{ITAL – Columnist and TV commentator Antero Greco regarding the controversy over the possiblity of closeted gay players in macho institution of Brazilian soccer,to USA Today, Aug. 14, 2007
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"I'm constantly getting e-mail from inept straight guys who've convinced themselves that homosexuality is some sort of fallback sexual orientation for guys with no social skills."
– Dan Savage, Aug. 15, 2007 Savage Love column.
"…For many of today's [young] women, openness to intimate physical relationships with either gender has become a way of life…likely a product of a generation unconcerned with labels." ""These young women see sexuality as a fluid thing. It's not just between your legs. These relationships are physical, emotional and intellectual, and the boundaries are not hard set."
– National Gay and Lesbian Task Force spokeswoman, Roberta Sklar, Aug. 16, 2007, ABC News.
"Mr. Bush and Mr. Rove are not xenophobes, but the record will show that their White House spoke up too late and said too little when some of its political allies descended into Mexican-bashing during the immigration brawl. Mr. Bush and Mr. Rove winked at anti-immigrant bigotry, much as they did at the homophobia they inflamed with their incessant election-year demagoguery about same-sex marriage."
– Frank Rich, Aug. 19, 2007, New York Times
"The rise of YouTube certifies the passing of Mr. Rove's era, a cultural changing of the guard in the digital age. Mr. Rove made his name in direct-mail fund-raising and with fierce top-down message management. As the Internet erodes snail mail, so it upends direct mail. As YouTube threatens a politician's ability to rigidly control a message, so it threatens the Rove ethos that led Mr. Bush to campaign at "town hall" meetings attended only by hand-picked supporters."
– Frank Rich, Aug. 19, 2007, New York Times
