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When Bush says that Abu Ghraib was the work of a few, he forgot to mention that he was one of them.

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie if you're wrong, correct do not misrepresent and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong.
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Every generation is born into, for the most part, a heterosexual family.
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I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.
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If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law and it can and will be violated by strangers.
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The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.
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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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The Tea Party we were told is only about economics not true. It was always about economics and social issues. They just hid the social issues and now we just see who they really are.
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The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.
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[D]id you really expect fairness on the environmental issue? For a swathe of reporters, this is not a matter of empirical reporting it's a matter of faith. Bush cannot be pro-environment because he's Bush.
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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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Not many people sleep with other men and when the other man leaves have a nervous breakdown.
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For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.
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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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...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.
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I'm openly gay because I'm a Catholic.
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For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a buffer in the interplay of emotions, a distance that made the risk of intimacy bearable, a space that allowed the other person to remain safely another person.
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The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.
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Leftists would like to pretend that any criticism of their views raises the specter of domestic repression. But in a country with a First Amendment, no suppression from government is likely, and in the citadels of the media and the academy, the far left is actually vastly overrepresented.
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When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, Then there's no hope for me, Mum.
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