Elton is tired, TIRED!1 of being 2nd Class and takes a STAND but luerves getting along with Rethugs

[UTUSN]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110123/ap_en_ot/us_people_elton_john

Elton John feels like 'second-class citizen'

By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang, Ap Entertainment Writer – Sun Jan 23, 12:53 pm ET

LOS ANGELES – Sir Elton John is "fed up" with being a treated like a "second-class citizen" in the U.S.

That's why the 63-year-old gay singer said he took a stand last week during a performance at a private Beverly Hills fundraiser for the ongoing legal challenge to California's gay marriage ban. The outspoken British piano man, who became a parent to a baby boy on Christmas Day with partner David Furnish, added that "as I get older, I get more angry about it."

"In this country, we need more dialogue," he said during an interview Friday. "We don't need any more stone throwing. We don't need any more vitriol. We need people to say, 'OK. I'm straight. You're gay. Let's get along. I'm Republican. You're Democratic. Let's work together.' I'm sick and tired of people being hateful to each other in this country."

John disappointed some gay rights activists after California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage passed in 2008 when he said he had no desire to get married and was satisfied with his civil partnership in England. He sang a different tune Wednesday when he praised the effort to overturn Proposition 8 and promised to do everything he could to support it, even though he is British. ....

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[msongs]

1. he says the same things Obama says. nt

[Enrique]

2. I call bullshit on his Jeebus stuff

who knows, maybe he really does believe, I just usually automatically call bullshit on public people talking about religion and this struck me as fake:

"Jesus was a wonderful, compassionate man, who forgave on the cross."

[gratuitous]

3. But the money's so good playing for bigots

Private parties in Beverly Hills, weddings for Rush Limbaugh (could turn out to be a steady gig), and the like all go to making life more comfortable for the oppressors, Reg.

[Faygo Kid]

5. "weddings for Rush Limbaugh (could turn out to be a steady gig)" LOL

Actually, I will never forgive Elton John for providing any credence of humanity to the biggest buttboil in the world. Never.

[Teaser]

4. meh, I don't expect absolute consistency from anyone.

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[LuvNewcastle]

6. The press just has to ask Elton John when

they want to know how gay people feel about an issue. They should question Tommy Lee when they want to know the straight peoples' perspective.