“Personally, I'd be delighted to live in a country where happily married gay couples had closets full of assault weapons.” CountryCoupleGayMarriedWeaponsClosetsAssaultDelightedHappily MarriedAssault WeaponsGay Couples Author:Glenn Reynolds
“Every major world religion has identified marriage as between a man and a woman.” MenWorldMajorsWorld ReligionsGay Couples Author:Barack Obama
“I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals.” ThinkingShouldSufferingCoupleGayGay Couples Author:Dolly Parton
“I'm personally supportive of marriage equality for gay couples and I believe that it will happen over time.” BelieveHappensI BelieveCoupleGaySupportiveMarriage EqualityGay Couples Author:Steve Schmidt
“I'm also for gay marriage, because I say they have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us. Love is bigger than government. And Texas, by the way, has a very progressive law about gay couples adopting kids. We just won't let them get married. So that's not common sense.” WayGovernmentKidsLawLove IsCommonCoupleGayMarriedBiggerCommon SenseMiserableProgressiveTexasGay MarriageAdoptingGay Couples Author:Kinky Friedman
“It seems that people are more comfortable with the private outrage about gay marriage, because when you are outraged about this issue, it requires no work. There's no work that you have to do when you're outraged about a gay couple. There is work that you have to do if you want to see black fathers raise their children. There is work that you have to do if you want to see a school develop.” PeopleIfsWantChildrenSeemsSchoolFatherBlackIssuesCoupleGayComfortableRaisesGay MarriageOutrageOutragedGay Couples Author:Otis Moss III
“Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could.” IfsCoupleGayIslamRadicalCakePreacherBaptistsBakersRadical IslamGay CouplesWedding Cake Author:Lindsey Graham
“I really don't understand how parents can talk about gay couples' PDA as a problem or a transgender teen's suicide and not the fact that too many of our kids are being murdered in the schools and on the streets.” FactsProblemKidsSchoolParentStreetsCoupleGaySuicideTransgenderGay CouplesPda Author:Steven Petrow
“The reality is that most gay couples don't want to adopt a child. Those who do, though, are often prepared to devote themselves entirely to their adoptive child.” WantChildrenRealityCoupleGayPreparedGay Couples Author:Jens Spahn
“Respect gay couples but no gay adoptions.” CoupleGayAdoptionGay CouplesGay Adoption Author:Mike Huckabee
“We [me and Jennifer Salke] talked about the characters and different kinds of families and where are we today. We certainly pitched the gay couple, but we also talked about what it was like to be a single mother with a young daughter, what is it like to be a woman in your 50's who is completely starting over and dating again and having to go online to date again. We talked about the whole spectrum of the characters, but I don't think it ever came up about whether people are ready for it or not.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentWholeCharacterTodayYoungMotherReadyCoupleGayDaughterDatingStartingOnlineDifferent KindsSpectrumStarting OverJenniferSingle MotherGay CouplesYoung Daughter Author:Ryan T. Murphy
“It's not easy to be a gay couple having a child, and we deal with those issues. For me, obviously as somebody who very much does have that dream, I don't feel that way. I would never feel that way. So, my answer would be no.” WayFeelsChildrenDoeDreamWould BeEasyAnswersDealsIssuesCoupleGayGay Couples Author:Ryan T. Murphy
“Massachusetts became the first state to marry gay couples, though lawmakers say allowing gay couples to get married raises a lot of questions. You know, such as: does that best man invite both guys to the bachelor party?” KnowsMenFirstsDoeStatesGuyPartyCoupleGayMarriedRaisesAllowingInvitesBachelorsMassachusettsLawmakersGay CouplesBachelor Party Author:Jay Leno
“It has taken countless hours of prayer, study, conversation and emotional turmoil to bring me to the place where I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into the Church.” ChristianHoursChurchPrayerStudyTakenAcceptanceEmotionalReadyCoupleGayConversationTurmoilGay CouplesEmotional Turmoil Author:Tony Campolo
“There's a truly unbelievable story in the paper today, that a young brother and sister... have been turned down for adoption by their own grandparents... If that weren't enough, the siblings are now to be adopted by two complete strangers against the wishes of the grandparents... And as if that weren't enough, the two strangers are a gay couple, who have been selected ahead of several heterosexual couples.” IfsHas BeensTwoEnoughStoriesTodayYoungWishBrotherCoupleGayPaperStrangerAdoptionGrandparentBrothers And SistersUnbelievableAdoptedSiblingSelectedTurned DownGay CouplesYoung Brother Author:Andrea Leadsom
“His [Rudolph Giuliani] marital life became unhinged with his wife kicking him out of the mayor`s residence of Gracie mansion. That he took up residence as a house guest in an apartment owned by friends of his.The friends were a loving gay couple. And that is the best thing I know about Rudy Giuliani.” KnowsHouseWifeCoupleGayBest ThingsGuestsApartmentMayorsKickingMansionsResidenceRudyGay CouplesHouse GuestsRudolph Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“If gay marriage is a real thing, gay infertility must be a real thing. It's not fair. I mean, it wasn't fair they couldn't get married, and now it's not fair that they can't have babies, even though they're not infertile, that doesn't matter. And so there must be access to infertility insurance for married gay couples, if our culture and if our society is to be fair and equal for one and all, and it is coming, and don't laugh about it.” IfsMeanRealMatterCultureLaughingBabyCoupleGayEqualMarriedFairsAccessOur SocietyGay MarriageReal ThingsNot FairInfertilityGay Couples Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There will be gay couples; it will exist. It is not very nice that people who are married - who divorce in three seconds - don’t want protection for the others. The legal system should protect everyone, not just the few people who think they are above everybody else because they are married.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldThreeNiceCoupleGayProtectMarriedDivorceProtectionSecondsVery NiceLegal SystemGay Couples Author:Karl Lagerfeld
“I think same sex couples should be able to get married.” ThinkingShouldAbleSexCoupleMarriedGay RightsMarriage EqualityGay CouplesSupport Gay Marriage Author:Barack Obama
“I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenIssuesDoubtCoupleGayImpactNo DoubtFamily FriendsGay Couples Author:Barack Obama
“I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.” ThinkingMenShouldMarriageStupidGayGay MarriageStupid ThingsStupidestPageantStupid RepublicanStupid CelebrityI Was StupidStupid FunnyStupidest CelebrityGay CouplesDumbest CelebrityDumb CelebrityCelebsBeauty PageantDouchebagsCelebrity GossipDumb Women Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.” KnowsWantedMovingQualityStreetsReaderCoupleGayDearNeighborhoodHomophobiaMoving InAbbyGay Couples Author:Abigail Van Buren
“Well let's face it, who on earth besides antique dealers and gay couples actually still give dinner parties?” GivingWellsStillsEarthFacesPartyCoupleGayDinnerDealerAntiquesDinner PartyGay Couples Author:Nigel Slater
“I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantUsedReligiousRightsReadyCoupleGayDenyEvangelicalNot ReadyConnotationGay CouplesLegal Rights Author:Tony Campolo
“I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend equal rights to gay couples. I've required all agencies in the federal government to extend as many federal benefits as possible to LGBT families as the current law allows. And I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act.” BelieveCountryGovernmentLawI BelieveResponsibilitySupportRightsCoupleGayEqualBenefitsMarriedCongressCurrentsCommittedDefensePartnersObligationPassingPassingsAgencyLgbtFederal GovernmentStoppingEqual RightsMarried CouplesGay CouplesRights And ResponsibilitiesPassing Laws Author:Barack Obama
“I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.” ThinkingShouldImportantAbleSexCoupleGayMarriedGay RightsGay CouplesSupport Gay Marriage Author:Barack Obama
“What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and it's a case coming out of Utah affirming in the strongest, clearest, boldest terms that the Constitution guarantees the freedom to marry and equal protection for all Americans and all means all, including gay couples.” FirstsMeanTermPowerfulCasesCoupleGayEqualConstitutionCourtIncludingProtectionGuaranteesStrongestComing OutAffirmingUtahGay CouplesEqual Protection Author:Evan Wolfson
“I think there's tremendous significance and opportunity in Americans seeing legally married gay couples treated with respect in our nation's capital.” ThinkingOpportunityNationsSeeingCoupleGayMarriedTreatedSignificanceGay Couples Author:Evan Wolfson
“If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.” IfsKnowsLawOne ThingCoupleGayStandingStrangerOur FamilyAlabamaGay Couples Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Some of this is unavailable to the male-female union: there is more likely to be greater understanding of the need for extramarital outlets between two men than between a man and a woman; and again, the lack of children gives gay couples greater freedom. Their failures entail fewer consequences for others. But something of the gay's relationship's necessary honesty, its flexibility, and its equality could undoubtedly help strengthen and inform many heterosexual bonds.” MenNeedsGivingChildrenTwoHelpingUnderstandingGreaterHonestyCoupleGayConsequenceFemaleUnionsMalesFewerFlexibilityOutletsGay CouplesMale Female Author:Andrew Sullivan
“One of the loveliest weddings I ever performed was that of a gay couple. To me if you are a good citizen, you pay your taxes, you work, you should have all the rights and responsibilities of everybody else.” IfsShouldPayResponsibilityRightsCoupleCitizensGayTaxesShould HaveGood CitizenMarriage EqualityGay CouplesRights And Responsibilities Author:Judy Sheindlin
“I saw with so many of the gay couples, they were so devoted to another. I saw so much love. When this hearing was over, I was a changed person in regard to this issue. I felt that I understood what same-sex couples were looking for.” PersonsSexFeltIssuesSawsChangedCoupleGayUnderstoodRegardHearingDevotedGay MarriageMuch LoveGay CouplesChanged Person Author:Wade Kach
“Serving people we don't see eye to eye with is the essence of Christianity. Jesus died for a world with which he didn't see eye to eye. If a bakery doesn't want to sell its products to a gay couple, it's their business. Literally. But leave Jesus out of it.” PeopleIfsWorldWantEyeJesusChristianityProductsCoupleGayEssenceDiedSellsServingBakeriesGay Couples Author:Andy Stanley
“And I want you to notice that one of them, one of the men almost has his tongue hanging out like he's licking his chops. Like this baby is ours now. And that's fine. You may call that love. But it looks to me a little bit like lust. And when they crave to bring the children of heterosexual couples through adoption into their homes, so that they can raise them in the homosexual lifestyle. And studies now show, that up to 20% kids raised by gay couples become gay themselves. It is a recruiting tool. And it is a child abuse tool.” MenWantLooksMayChildrenLittlesShowsHomeKidsBitsStudyHe ManBabyFineCoupleGayLittle BitToolsAbuseRaisesRaisedTongueLifestyleLustInsaneHanging OutChild AbuseAdoptionI Want YouHomosexualCraveLickingGay Couples Author:Gordon Klingenschmitt
“I think everyone should be with who they love. I don't want to be controversial or stir up a bunch of trouble but people are going to love who they are going to love. I think gay couples should be allowed to marry. They should suffer just like us heterosexuals. Ha ha ha!” PeopleThinkingWantShouldSufferingTroublePrideCoupleGayBunchControversialGay PrideGay Couples Author:Dolly Parton
“If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it.” IfsDifferencesPrideCoupleGayGay PrideGay Couples Author:Daniel Keys Moran
“I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.” BelieveValuesSupportCoupleGaySpiteAllowingGay MarriageGay Couples Author:Mark Udall
“Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.” DoeStatesProcessSidesReligiousAnswersRightsCouplePromiseGayProtectGainsAskingConvictionDeterminedDiscriminationReasonableJustifyBoth SidesRecognizingHousingHiringReligious FreedomArizonaLegislatorsKansasCorrectingAccommodationsGay Couples Author:David Blankenhorn
“If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power?” IfsStatesGovernmentLawEnjoyAbilityResultsEconomicCoupleGayMarriedAdvantageCourtConservativeDefenseStrikesGrantsFederal GovernmentRulingGay MarriageEnablingGay Couples Author:Jeff Greenfield