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Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.
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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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I believe that there are moments in sex that are so awesome that they actually reflect God.
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In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.
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I've never been a partisan, I've never been a Republican, I've never been a Democrat, ever, which is why I was very frustrated being called a gay Republican when I never attached myself to that.
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...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.
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I like the pluralism of modernity it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?
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I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.
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The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.
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Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.
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