''At a state level, it's up to them. I don't want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it's wrong.... Queer means strange and unusual. It's not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that.... I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.''

Samuel Wurzelbacher, a/k/a Joe the Plumber, explaining to Chrsitianity Today what conservatism is, and what he thinks of gay marriage. Wurzelbacher became a sensation in the Republican party in 2008 when he confronted presidential candidate Obama on his proposed tax policy, but it was soon revealed that none of Wurzelbacher's allegations held up under the light. Yet he continues to enjoy a low level of celebrity as a spokesperson for the common man of the right wing. (Christianity Today)