Homosexuality and Gay Marriage
- Big Gay Al is used in several episodes and the movie to promote tolerance and acceptance for homosexuals.
- Mr. Garrison later comes out as gay for several seasons, and lives with Mr. Slave until he undergoes a sex change operation. Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave are later married in "Follow That Egg!". A solution to the conflict regarding gay marriages is proposed by a character, who stated that although gay couples should be able to have the same legal benefits that marriage brings, their union should be called something else and treated differently so as not to offend people who think marriage is a sacred union between man and woman. South Park parodies the real-life "civil union" compromise by proposing gay couples be allowed to have the same rights as married groups, but be called "butt buddies".
- The 2007 episode "Cartman Sucks" parodied and criticized the ex-gay movement, focusing on children whose parents force them to attend conversion therapy.
- Stan's dog 'Sparky', who is voiced by George Clooney, is gay, and humps other male dogs in Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride.
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Famous quotes containing the words gay and/or marriage:
“...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be gay even in a dress or a skirt without getting shot. Each victory gave me courage for the next one.”
—Martha Shelley, U.S. author and social activist. As quoted in Making History, part 3, by Eric Marcus (1992)
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Long continuance, and increasing,
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Juno sings her blessings on you.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)