Rants & raves

"Angelina said, 'Next time we're in a film together, we should play lovers.' And I said, 'Yes, let's do that; I like women too.'"

--Bisexual actress Bai Ling (above, right), quoting fellow Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow cast member Angelina Jolie, as reported in USA Today, September 15

"First gay joke of the night, and they put the camera on Sean Hayes. It never fails."

--TV critic Tim Goodman, on the 2004 Emmy Awards broadcast, as quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, September 20

"I have such a love connection with drag teens. It only makes me mad when one of them looks better than me."

--Valley of the Dolls star Patty Duke, as quoted by TV Guide Online, September 3

"They're all terrorists."

--Talk-show host Michael Savage, comparing "radical homosexuals" and "radical Islamists" on his radio program, September 3

"I didn't do this as a hate crime. If I was going to do it as a hate crime, I'd get it done,"

--Greenbrier, Ark., resident Wesley Bono on September 16, after being convicted of misdemeanor harassment and fined $1,229.09 for dumping three felts o f manure on the route of a gay pride parade in nearby Conway

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