11.   George Stephanopoulos, a key White House political adviser, acknowledged Sunday that many gays are disappointed in President Clinton but insisted that he is still their best hope.

12.   He favors the right of local congregations to make the decision on whether gays should be ordained.

13.   He had not scheduled any meetings with gay leaders, although he predicts gays will be the first people to use cloning technology for reproduction.

14.   He said that while gays are still at risk, the main growth in HIV infection is among heterosexual drug users, minorities and women.

15.   He knows that many gays are content and happy with their lives.

16.   Hollywood is learning that gay is OK.

17.   Indeed, students said proms were only a microcosm of schools where gays are despised outsiders.

18.   It was not enough that a gay be present.

19.   Most disturbing, many negative gays are startlingly ambivalent about the basic value of staying uninfected.

20.   Priests who said this made clear they were not suggesting that gays were any more likely to be pedophiles.