HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC QUOTES 79

"Many of the responses I received were nothing short of hysterical homophobia."

AVON FIRE CHIEF AFTER DISCIPLINING 4 FIREFIGHTERS WHO TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO HUNT OUT GAYS RUTTING IN THE BUSHES WHEN THEY WERE ON DUTY (BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT). HE HAS HAD A DEATH THREAT TOO. (BBC NEWS 12-10-07)

In the end, the final question the film attempts to answer is the most daring: “Why?” Why, of all the sins listed in Leviticus, including the consumption of shrimp, does homosexuality retain its title as chief “abomination”? Why, if homophobes claim they are simply adhering to literal scripture, do they not also advocate the selling of women into slavery and the punishment of trivial offenses by torture and death? After all, the Bible is far harsher on divorce than homosexuality, to be equally myopic, and the sins of pride and wrath, to be less so.

HEIDI FELLNER (LAVENDER 12-10-07) ON A NEW FILM THAT PROMOTES GAYNESS AMONG CHRISTIANS

"How could he prefer man bum sex to ladies boobs and hips? How could he prefer tackle to labias, clits, and lips?"

CONTRIBUTOR TO A TES ‘STAFF ROOM’ WEBSITE (PINK NEWS 12-10-07)

"The views on the website do not represent those of the TES.”

EDITORIAL RESPONSE (SAME)

"If a small organisation like Stonewall can moderate a website effectively, TES have no excuse not to do so themselves."

QUITE.  ALAN WARDLE (SAME)

Homos burn in Hell

CONSERVATIVE STUDENT FERGUS BOWMAN’S WEBSITE TITLE (PRESTON CITIZEN 10-10-07)

"Fergus Bowman's comments are appalling and we condemn them absolutely. There's no place for homophobia in today's Britain. The Conservative Party actively supports gay rights."

CONSERVATIVE PARTY SPOKESMAN RESPONDING TO ABOVE

“I think he panders to homophobia in our society because he thinks it’s been a vote winner and I think he’s wrong.”

SENATOR BOB BROWN’S RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN PM HOWARD’S DECISISION TO GRANT SUPER-ANNUATION RIGHTS TO SAME SEX COUPLES (THERE’S AN ELECTION COMING) (QUEERTY 11-10-07)

They were a pair of cackling lunatics who appeared to be motivated by a strange anal fetishism, constantly citing "studies" that "showed" 50 percent of gay men eat their own faeces and want to have sex with underage boys.

JOHANN HARI ON TWO WOMEN HE ENCOUNTERED ON AN IRISH TV CHATSHOW (IRISH INDEPENDENT 11-10-07)

Hate crimes laws undermine one of the most persuasive arguments of the gay rights movement. At every step of the way, all we have asked for is the same rights enjoyed by straight people: to have sex, to get married, to adopt. The anti-gay lobby has always claimed we are asking for "special rights", and it has always been a lie. But hate crimes laws do, finally, turn us into a special category. It says that stabbing me is worse than stabbing my heterosexual brother.

(SAME)