“A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God” PlansGayVoteDestructiveSenateGay MarriagePretension Author:Pope Francis
“If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.” PeopleIfsWantShouldTwoAbleGayMarriedPursuitGay MarriagePursuit Of HappinessPrerogative Author:Mariah Carey
“These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making a deal out of. hey go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.” PeopleWantGivingBigsChanceDealsGoes OnGayMarriedGive MeWhy NotCrapBig DealBullsGay MarriageSanctity Author:Clint Eastwood
“Really, darling, it's a no-brainer. You know, I understand not everybody is for gay marriage. But if you're not for gay marriage, don't marry a gay person. That's what I say” IfsKnowsPersonsGayGay MarriageDarlingNo Brainer Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business. It's no different than discriminating against blacks. It's discrimination, plain and simple.” PeopleDifferentHomeSimpleGayDiscriminationGay MarriagePlain And Simple Author:Jay-Z
“Right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights. I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself [if I got married before they could].” IfsWantFeelsCountryAbleSleepRightsRight NowGayEqualMarriedInstitutionsEqual RightsGay MarriageMany FriendsOne Sided Author:Charlize Theron
“Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but that's not what I want. I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don't want to be a second-class citizen” WantCountryHomeClassRightsCitizensGayOur CountryBritainSpainGay MarriageSymbolicArgentinaSecond Class CitizensHome Country Author:Dick Cheney
“I've never been with a woman, so I guess I'm straight, OK? But I'm straight enough to know the difference between right and wrong. I am straight enough to know that if you want to marry whoever you want to marry, you should be able to marry whoever you want to marry” IfsKnowsWantShouldEnoughAbleDifferencesGayGay Marriage Author:Patti LaBelle
“Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people will look back on in years to come and say, 'I can't believe it took so long for us to recognize this.' It'll be like segregation and giving women the right to vote.” PeopleGivingYearsBelieveLooksPersonsLongI CanCoupleGayVoteSegregationGay MarriageRight To Vote Author:Julianne Moore
“Why are they making rules that say my lover can stay in the United States if they're foreign or share my health care benefits because I'm straight - but if you're gay, you can't have that?” IfsStatesCareUnitedUnited StatesShareLoversGayBenefitsHealth CareGay MarriageMy Lover Author:Natalie Portman
“It breaks my heart to know that millions of gay Americans still can’t marry the one they love, and I can. That makes no sense.” KnowsHeartStillsI CanBreakMillionsMy HeartGayGay MarriageBreaking My Heart Author:Kristen Bell
“If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form.” IfsHelpingFormDifficultSupportGayShapesGay MarriageDifficult ThingsMarriage Equality Author:Will Smith
“I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally.” FeelsGovernmentValuesYouthGayMessagesDeserveFairsPrejudiceDenialHopefulGay MarriageHopeful Future Author:Lady Gaga
“I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.” IfsThinkingWayEyeSupportRightsGayEqualShameGood TimesGrandchildrenEqual RightsGay MarriageAnticipateBansMarriage EqualityAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Sean Penn
“It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the issue?” PeopleTwoIssuesGayGay Marriage Author:Janet Jackson
“I should think that people would be more interested in politics and all that is happening, rather than two lovebirds who are looking to wed. I think it's very nice that in an age when love is so scarce that people are willing to gamble on getting married.” PeopleThinkingShouldTwoWould BeAgeLove IsNiceWillingGayMarriedHappeningsGay MarriageGambleVery NiceScarceGetting MarriedLovebirds Author:Yoko Ono
“We're not going to have a party when half of our friends... can't do that thing we're doing. We're not going to ask them to come celebrate a right they don't have. That's just tacky! Forget like anything else, it's like really tacky for us” AsksForgetPartyHalfGayCelebrateGay MarriageTacky Author:Kristen Bell
“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand
“Equality, absolutely, that's what defines us. It's what makes us great. If it doesn't sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that's us. We're equal” IfsWellsEndsGayEqualGay Marriage Author:Brad Pitt
“Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn't marry. And you couldn't have that special day the way your friends do-you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person's shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach” KnowsWorldWayFeelsMeanPersonsImagineRiskSpecialGayFindingsSickFingersShoesRingsDo You KnowStomachGay MarriageOne You LoveSomeone You LoveFinding Someone Author:Miley Cyrus
“Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.” PeopleIfsWantChurchCitiesGayGay MarriageGay People Author:Julian Bond
“I might not be the same, but that's not important/No freedom till we're equal, damn right I support it” ImportantMightInspiringSupportGayEqualEqualityDamnGay Marriage Author:William J. Clinton
“Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don't think we hurt anyone else's marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they're fine” ThinkingYearsHas BeensHurtFineGayMarriedNeighborGay Marriage Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married.” PeopleIfsBelieveTwoGovernmentCareOpportunityGayMarriedCommitmentPreparedLifetimeDenyGood TimesGay MarriageLove And CareLifetime Commitment Author:Rob Portman
“All of my life I've spent a lot of time with gay men - Montgomery Clift, Jimmy Dean, Rock Hudson - who are my colleagues, coworkers, confidantes, my closest friends, but I never thought of who they slept with! They were just the people I loved. I could never understand why they couldn't be afforded the same rights and protections as all of the rest of us. There is no gay agenda, it's a human agenda” PeopleMenHumansRightsRocksGayProtectionAgendasClosestColleaguesGay MarriageJimmyDeanGay MenMontgomeryClosest FriendsCoworker Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“I think to each its own, if nobody is hurting anybody-who cares? Everyone should be able to do what they want and be happy. Who you love is who you love. That's the way I see it” IfsThinkingWayWantShouldCareAbleHurtLove IsGayWho CaresGay Marriage Author:Jennifer Hudson
“Every gay reader understands the secret self that is full and wonderful and has longing and tenderness and a desire for connection to other people. I think that arguments against gay marriage are just ridiculous! Who cares? People want to get married for the same reason I wanted to get married. They want to do it in front of their friends and family” PeopleThinkingWantSelfReasonCareWantedDesireSecretWonderfulFrontsReaderGayMarriedArgumentConnectionsLongingRidiculousTendernessFamily And FriendsWho CaresGay MarriageAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Lynda Carter
“As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry, I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFeelsShouldPersonsI CanImagineGayMarriedAnd LoveGay MarriageGay Rights Author:Carrie Underwood
“Above all, God wanted us to love others. We have to love each other and get on with each other, she added. It's not up to me to judge anybody.” WantedJudgingGayGay MarriageLove Each Other Author:Carrie Underwood
“In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I ask those who feel that giving freedom to others somehow binds you, to please take a good look at what you are standing behind.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsHumansLooksHeartMatterAsksHuman BeingsBehindsMy HeartPleaseGayStandingLooking GoodGay MarriageMarriage Equality Author:Russell Simmons
“It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I'm an optimist. I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I'm there with you every step of the way until that day comes...” PeopleWayHeartGovernmentAbleStepsBrotherGayOpeningCaliforniaRight ThingMy BrotherHave FaithOptimistBrothers And SistersPromotingGay MarriageEvery StepOpen Your Heart Author:Russell Simmons
“I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a Black man, I think you've got to be against any form of discrimination.” PeopleThinkingMenShouldFormCausesBlackGayMarriedDiscriminationGay MarriageDisturbedGay PeopleOwn Business Author:Charles Barkley
“There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement” PeopleHumansSaidPoliticalHuman BeingsLove IsGayBraveDuesStatementsDecentAdoptionSupportiveHuman ExperienceGay MarriageDissentGay Adoption Author:Anne Hathaway
“I have several friends that have outlasted both of my marriages that are raising wonderful children together that have been together in gay unions for over 25 years. So they're doing a better job than I am!” YearsChildrenHas BeensTogetherJobsWonderfulGayUnionsGay MarriageBetter JobsWonderful Children Author:Vanessa L. Williams
“I treat everyone that way I expect to be treated and that applies to marriage. Committed couples should be able to marry the person they love” WayShouldPersonsAbleCoupleGayTreatsCommittedTreatedGay Marriage Author:Sean Avery
“I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It's the new tolerant me!” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldTwoChanceHellGayShould HaveMiserableGay MarriageLove Each Other Author:Eminem
“People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights.” PeopleIfsThinkingCountryStatesFactsCertainParentRightsGayMarriedOkayCivil RightsBarackIllegalGay MarriageBeing MarriedSlipperySlopesSlippery Slope Author:Kerry Washington
“When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?” PeopleWayWantWifeNew YorkGayMy WifeCaliforniaUpsetGay MarriageArizonaNevada Author:Wanda Sykes
“I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain ... No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. Marriage is about love and commitment, and it should no longer be denied to people just because they are gay.” PeopleShouldBelieveLooksMatterTodayGayEqualCommitmentWho You AreBritainDeniedGay MarriageLandmarksLove And Commitment Author:Nick Clegg
“This is a proud day and an important step forward in the fight for equality in Britain. The overwhelming majority of Labour MPs supported this change to make sure marriage reflects the value we place on long-term, loving relationships whoever you love.” LongImportantValuesFightingTermStepsProudGayMajorityLong TermBritainLabourOverwhelmingGay MarriageSteps ForwardMpsLoving Relationships Author:Ed Miliband
“Strong views exist on both sides but I believe MPs voting for gay people being able to marry too, is a step forward for our country.” PeopleBelieveCountryAbleStrongI BelieveSidesViewsStepsGayOur CountryVotingBoth SidesGay MarriageGay PeopleSteps ForwardMps Author:David Cameron
“When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?” CoupleGayAmendmentsHomosexualAdoptedGay MarriageUnconstitutional14th Amendment Author:Antonin Scalia
“Legalizing gay marriage is not about making it possible for gay people to become couples. It's about giving the Left the power to force anti-religious values on our children. Once they legalize gay marriage, it will be the bludgeon they use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools.” PeopleGivingChildrenUseSchoolValuesLeftForceReligiousTeachCoupleGayOur ChildrenTraditionalIllegalGay MarriageHomophobiaGay PeopleAnti ReligiousTraditional ValuesReligious Values Author:Orson Scott Card
“There's no need to legalize gay marriage. I have plenty of gay friends who are committed couples; some of them call themselves married, some don't, but their friends treat them as married. Anybody who doesn't like it just doesn't hang out with them.” NeedsCoupleGayMarriedTreatsCommittedPlentyHanging OutGay MarriageHomophobiaGay Friend Author:Orson Scott Card
“Ender's Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984... It will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.” StillsBookShowsPoliticalGamesInterestingIssuesWrittenCenturyGayToleranceDisputesGay MarriageHomophobiaEnderPolitical Issues Author:Orson Scott Card
“We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.” PeopleWantShouldTwoGayClaimsRegardLgbtGay MarriageFidelityLove Each OtherSanctifyScandalous Author:David Brooks
“Once both gay marriage and marijuana are finally legal, those of you against them are not invited to the really fun parties I'm gonna throw.” FunPartyGayMarijuanaInvitedGay MarriageYou AgainMarriage Equality Author:Zach Braff
“Suppose a State said that, Because we think that the focus of marriage really should be on procreation, we are not going to give marriage licenses anymore to any couple where both people are over the age of 55. Would that be constitutional?” PeopleThinkingGivingShouldSaidStatesAgeFocusCoupleGayLicenseGay MarriageProcreationLicenses Author:Elena Kagan
“You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cellphones or the Internet?” WantMeanAbilityDecisionStepsEffectsInternetGayInstitutionsWant UGay MarriageAssessmentAbility To SeeCellphone Author:Samuel Alito