Outrage Page #10

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OF A STATEWIDE NATIONAL

GAY GROUP.

THIS MAN IS USING HIS SKILL

TO SECURE GAY RIGHTS.

WHAT COULD BE BETTER

AND WHAT BETTER EFFEC COULD I HAVE

AS AN INDIVIDUAL?

Kolbe:

WHEN YOU COME OUT,

I GUARANTEE YOU:

THE EXPERIENCE WILL BE

BETTER THAN YOU EVER

DREAMED IT WOULD BE.

IN A SENSE I CAME OUT,

I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY,

IN STAGES.

I LEFT A MARRIAGE

BACK IN 1991

AND THAT WAS:

A BIG STEP FOR ME.

I RECOGNIZED MYSELF

AND HER--

WHAT THE FEELINGS

THAT I HAD.

JULY OF '96 WAS

WHEN WE HAD A VOTE

ON WHAT WAS CALLED D.O.M.A.,

THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.

AND I VOTED FOR THAT.

AT THAT TIME "THE ADVOCATE"

MAGAZINE DECIDED THEY WOULD

WRITE AN ARTICLE.

AND APPROACHED ME ABOUT I AND TOLD ME THEY WERE

GOING TO DO SO:

AND NAME ME:

AS ONE WHO WAS GAY.

AND I BASICALLY JUST SAID,

WELL, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WRONG

FOR THEM TO DO THAT.

I SAID, "I'LL BEA YOU TO THE PUNCH HERE."

AND I JUST DID IT MYSELF.

IT WAS PROBABLY:

THE MOST LIFTING EXPERIENCE

I'VE EVER HAD.

I HAD THIS UNBELIEVABLE,

INDESCRIBABLE:

SENSE OF PEACE AND CALM

COME OVER ME.

AND I COULD LITERALLY

LITERALLY FEEL:

40 YEARS JUST LIFTING

OFF OF MY SHOULDER.

McGreevey:

I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I DID

MY ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH.

MY MOTHER HAD:

FOUND SOME PRAYER CARDS

FROM MY GRANDMOTHER,

FOR WHOM:

I WAS VERY CLOSE TO.

AND I REMEMBER GOING

INTO THE BATHROOM

JUST OUTSIDE:

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

AND, UM...

PRAYING TO MY GRANDMOTHER.

AND SAYING TO HER...

"AT LONG LAST...

THIS IS WHO GOD MADE ME

AND THIS IS A GOOD THING."

Kolbe:

I ALWAYS REMEMBER

JOHN McCAIN.

WHEN I STARTED TO SAY,

"JOHN, THERE'S SOMETHING

I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU

ABOUT AND TELL YOU ABOUT."

HE JUST PUT UP:

HIS HAND AND SAID,

"NEVER MIND, JIM. I KNOW.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

YOU'RE A GOOD LEGISLATOR.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN

AND YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING

TO BE MY FRIEND."

AND I REMEMBER WALKING AWAY

FROM THAT CONVERSATION THINKING,

"GOSH, THAT WAS PRETTY EASY.

THAT WASN'T VERY TOUGH

TO DO THAT."

AND SO EACH ONE WAS

KIND OF LIKE THAT.

AND IT GOT SO I JUST COULDN' WAIT TO PICK UP THE PHONE

TO MAKE THE NEXT CALL.

Tafel:

I THINK IN THE CASE

OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS,

THEY DO CHANGE:

THEIR VOTING RECORD.

BECAUSE ONCE:

YOU'RE OUT OF THE CLOSET,

YOUR DELUSIONAL THINKING

FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE.

Man:

The gentleman is recognized

for three minutes.

Mr. Speaker, we have not used

the amending process

to limit the rights of citizens.

From the First Amendment

to the 14th,

the original framers

in the Congress that followed

have sought to expand,

to protect the rights

of citizens.

This would be a unique amendment

in that it takes away rights

from one group

while specifically conferring

it upon another.

Try to find another provision

in the Constitution

that does this.

You will look in vain.

Mr. Speaker, this Congress

and those after it should

be about protecting

and expanding freedoms.

This proposed amendment

to our Constitution is

about discrimination.

It is about fear.

It is unnecessary,

it is unwarranted and it

should be soundly defeated.

Female announcer:

Amendment 2 does

only one thing:

defining marriage as a union

of a man and a woman.

That's it.

When you vote,

say yes to pass life

to the next generation.

Vote yes to keep marriage

one man, one woman.

That's it.

No one loses benefits.

Please vote yes

on Amendment 2.

A big political announcement

out of Florida tonight.

Republican presidential

candidate John McCain

has picked up

a major endorsement.

I don't think anybody would do

better than the man who stands

next to me:
Senator John McCain.

Brzezinski:
Governor Crist,

just real quickly, are they

chatting with you

about a possible

V.P. slot for you?

Come on, be shameless.

- Tell us.

- We're chatting about

working hard for Florida.

Reporter:

Crist has obviously coveted

the vice-presidential spot

- on the Republican ticket.

- Chris Matthews: "Try getting

married,"

is that what

we're hearing this week?

Is this part of the excitement

and the build-up

to running for V.P.?

What's going on here?

Reporter #3:

If your wife can't help you

in a campaign, who can?

The state's most eligible

bachelor is officially

off the market

this Fourth of July.

Governor Charlie Crist

is engaged.

He popped the question

yesterday to his girlfriend

of nine months.

Her name is Carole Rome.

Reporter:

Let me start by asking you

what made you decide

to pop the question when

you did and, you know?

Well, I mean, I think you

pop the question like that

when you're in love

and I am.

And so that's why I did it.

And thank God she said yes.

We couldn't be happier.

I TELL THEM TO NEVER LIE,

THAT IF THEY GET THE QUESTION

THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION HONESTLY

AND DO NOTHING BUT ANSWER

THE QUESTION HONESTLY.

Reporter #2:

What's your reaction over

some people's preoccupation,

and I'm not talking this time

about marriage,

with your sexuality?

Both the rumors of-- you know,

the various rumors

that have been around?

Sure. Well, you know,

when you're in the public eye,

being Governor of Florida,

that's inevitable.

And, you know, I just--

I don't really focus on it.

I'm just, uh, you know,

damn glad to-- I found

such a wonderful lady.

THE SAD THING ABOUT THE CLOSE IS IT DOES, IN PART,

GIVE YOU SKILLS THAT YOU CAN

APPLY AS A POLITICIAN,

BECAUSE SO MUCH OF POLITICS

TODAY IS POSITIONING

AND SPINNING AND BEING ABLE

TO PIROUETTE ON AN ISSUE.

Reporter #2:

One aspect is that

you were gay.

The other one is that you

were a serial philandering

heterosexual.

Does that bother you?

Uh, well, lack of truth

always would be disturbing

to somebody.

But I'm just pleased

that I found happiness.

Patrick Guerriero:

I'VE WATCHED DECENT PEOPLE

STRUGGLE WITH COMING OU AND BEING UNABLE TO DO SO.

THE CLOSET, PARTICULARLY

IN THE MIDST OF A CULTURAL WAR,

SUFFOCATES THE INTEGRITY

OF DECENT PEOPLE.

Announcer:

"For this reason, a man will

leave his father and mother

and be united with his wife

and they will

become one flesh."

For God's design.

Woman:

On November 4th,

vote yes on Amendment 2.

With laws already on the books

to ban same-sex marriage

in Florida,

voters now added that ban

to the State Constitution.

Giuliano:

OH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GOVERNOR

OF FLORIDA COULD HAVE CHANGED

THE OUTCOME OF THAT ELECTION

HAD HE NOT TILTED TO

THE RIGHT AND DECIDED TO TAKE

THE POSITION THAT HE DID.

YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

McGreevey:

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED

WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU'RE

DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND DAMN IT,

YOU KNOW WHA THE RIGHT VALUE IS?

THE RIGHT VALUE IS TRUTHFULNESS.

THE RIGHT VALUE:

IS HONESTY.

THE RIGHT VALUE ISN'T LIVING

SOMEBODY ELSE'S TRUTH.

IT'S LIVING YOUR TRUTH.

Kramer:

WE DON'T HAVE RIGHTS.

GAY PEOPLE:

DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS.

DON'T TELL ME THAT WE DO.

THAT'S WHY

IT'S SO IMPORTAN THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THESE

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

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