“As California goes, so goes the ... nation. It’s inevitable. ”

“As California goes, so goes the ... nation. It’s inevitable. ”

Mayor Gavin Newsom

Of San Francisco, after California’s Supreme Court declared that gay couples can marry.

“People must know how far they can go before they must stop.”

FBI agent Salvador Hernandez

After the indictment of a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating an Internet hoax against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.

“It is sad that in these modern times there remains a need to address the problem of individuals who use nooses as a means of threat and intimidation.”

New York Gov. David Paterson

Signing a law making it a felony to display a noose as a threat.