While the Pope and Mr.Bush differ on such issues as rock roll the Iraq war and the death penally penalty, they do find coming common ground at in opposing abortion and gay marriage.
If fanatics who believe Muslim women should be imprisoned in their homes and gay people should be killed are insulted by my arguments, I don't resile from it.
And the crowd that throngs the wharf as the steamer draws alongside is gay and debonair; it is a noisy, cheerful, gesticulating crowd. It is a sea of brown faces.
With most news bleakly austere these days, changing the law to let gay couples marry must have seemed a sure way to spread crowd-pleasing sweetness and light.
When the patrons of the Stonewall Inn showed up that night–people of all races, gay and transgender, young and old–they had no idea what history had in store for them.
Four years ago the US Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in a ruling that helped advance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in America.
The worldwide Anglican church has suspended its US branch, the Episcapol church from full participation in matters of doctrine, for recognizing gay marriages.
And I think to anyone struggling with theirs, and trying to discover their voice, listen, we made a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life just unapologetically himself.
If the court rules against us, it would open the door to many forms of discrimination that had long been outlawed in our society, and not just regarding gay people but against many protected groups.
That I got to be a part of a gay couple on television and, sort of you know be a pop culture reference for the LGBTQ community, it's been a real pleasure.
As Tinky Winky actor Simon Shelton himself put it: " People always ask me if Tinky Winky is gay. But the character is supposed to be a three-year-old, so the question is really quite silly" .