“I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people: they include the right to marry the individual of our choice; the right to serve in the military to defend our country; and the right to a job based solely on our own qualifications. I acknowledge that this is an agenda, but I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people's rights to get married, join the army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.” PeopleThinkingSelfCountryJobsChoicesIndividualRightsMilitaryGayMarriedArmyOur CountryRadicalAcknowledgeRevolutionaryAgendasPlatformsAdoptedBehalfTransgenderQualificationsOur ChoicesAdvocatingBisexualJoining The Army Author:Barney Frank
“Yeah, I know I should be fighting for gay rights, but who wants to join the army or get married anyway?” KnowsWantShouldFightingRightsGayMarriedArmyYeahGay RightsJoining The Army Author:John Waters
“Gay people can't be proud of the country and want to defend it too. What's the army afraid is going to happen if gay people are in it. Private, shoot that man! I can't, he's adorable.” PeopleIfsMenWantI CanCountryHappensProudGayArmyBe ProudGay PeopleAdorable Author:Jon Stewart
“I'm always shocked that gay marriage is such a big deal. You have to realize how precious human life is, when there are tsunamis and mudslides, when there are armies and terrorists - at any moment, you could be gone, and potentially in the most brutal fashion.” HumansMomentsBigsLife IsRealizingDealsGoneFashionGayArmyTerroristHuman LifeBrutalShockedBig DealGay MarriageTsunami Author:Jennifer Beals
“I am old school, I joined the gay liberation movement in 1972. If you had told me in 1972 that in the year 2009 I would be campaigning for the right to join the army or get married I think I would have started dating women at that time.” IfsThinkingYearsWould BeSchoolMovementGayMarriedDatingArmyLiberationOld SchoolCampaigningJoining The ArmyGay Liberation Author:Cleve Jones
“Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"” PeopleThinkingInspirationalGuyGayThousandArmyLgbtHomosexualityGay PeopleGay PrideLgbt Pride Author:Jon Stewart