Wednesday Quoteables...

"It's been a very interesting year...If we lose, it's Rosie's fault, if we win it's Rosie's fault."
- Barbara Walters joked on Wednesday's "The View" about the show's chances at Friday's Daytime Emmy Awards

"As a conservative Republican member of Congress from 1995 to 2003, I was hardly a card-carrying member of the gay-rights lobby. I opposed then, and continue to oppose, same-sex marriage, or the designation of gays as a constitutionally protected minority class. Service in the armed forces is another matter. The bottom line here is that, with nearly a decade and a half of the hybrid "don't ask, don't tell" policy to guide us, I have become deeply impressed with the growing weight of credible military opinion which concludes that allowing gays to serve openly in the military does not pose insurmountable problems for the good order and discipline of the services."
- Conservative former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr in an op-ed published Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal

"I am honored to have the support of so many well-respected LGBT leaders. They work hard every day to make our country a better place and I am proud to join with them to fight for equal rights for all Americans."
- Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards on getting the endorsement of 25 gay activists. Edwards supports repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, strict hate crime laws and same-sex adoption but does not endorse same-sex marriage.

"The negative influences on the gay culture are being promulgated by people who are widely known to be gay and who continue to act as if it's a topic of non-discussion. I'm thinking specifically about people like Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper. They're gay, but never talk about it. They are perpetuating the notion that being gay is a secret shame. We still respect closets far too much in this society. I'm very proud of the fact that Ian McKellen once asked me if I thought he should come out, and I said yes--and he's credited me with that. I tend to be a little cheeky about this topic because I think it's important--there are teenagers still committing suicide over their sexuality.
- Author Armisted Maupin to 7 x7 magazine

"[Jim] McGreevey's allegations that his wife is homophobic and knew he was gay before they married 'negatively affect' her book sales, by deterring purchases by members of the gay community [and to] members of the general public who were interested in whether she knew of his sexual orientations when the parties married...False accusations of homophobia cast [her] in a bad light and negatively affect her ability to succeed in her livelihood."
- Dina Matos McGreevey in recently-filed court papers that blame the poor sales of "Silent Partner" on her ex-husband, former N.J. Gov. Jim McGreevey.