How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?
Dan SavageSchool is very conformist, and one of the very first conforming that goes on in preschool and kindergarten is gender.
Dan SavageThe truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H.
Dan SavageI'm an agnosto-theist. I cross myself on airplanes. I pray when I'm sick. When you're sick I'll keep you in my thoughts; when I'm sick, I'm entreating a higher power.
Dan SavageOh, my god. I'd be a terrible doctor. I don't like to touch other people. There's a lot of gruesome stuff in my line of work to feel or to admit. I'm sure everyone's expecting me to say "proctologist," but actually no, I don't want to be a proctologist. Probably want to be a dentist, because you don't have to touch much of the other person's body, just their face or mouth.
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