“The truth is even though we sort of feel like we have equal rights in America, right under the surface we have huge issues at play that really do affect women. It's time for all the women in America and all the women that love women and all the gay people and the people of color that we've all fought for to fight for us now.” PeopleMenFeelsPlayAmericaFightingIssuesRightsColorHe ManHugeTruth IsGayEqualSurfaceEqual RightsGay PeopleRights In America Author:Patricia Arquette
“I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word marriage. Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.” ThinkingNeedsShouldEyeChristianCommunityRightsGayEqualSmartWingsPrizeEqual RightsRight WingNeed A ChangeGay CommunityEye On The Prize Author:Ani DiFranco
“Same-sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it's equal rights.” SexRightsGayEqualPrivilegeEqual Rights Author:Ricky Gervais
“The mayor of Sochi is now saying that there are no gay people in Sochi. So the only thing that is flaming over there now is the Olympic torch.” PeoplePoliticsCommunityLeadershipClassComedyHuman NatureGayEqualEthicsHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyEqual RightsMayorsTorchesGay PeoplePartisanshipSochi Author:David Letterman
“A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day.” PeopleLongPoliticsLeadershipJusticeIssuesRightsPolicyGayEqualEthicsSilentHuman RightsCivil RightsIdeologyFree SpeechLong AgoEqual RightsGay MarriageModernityCivil Rights MovementSpeaking Out Author:Joe Biden
“It is unconstitutional to deny people, gay or lesbian couples, the right to marriage. Everyone has equal rights so this is the right way to go. I think it's a great celebration for America.” PeopleThinkingWayAmericaRightsCoupleGayEqualDenyCelebrationRight WayEqual RightsUnconstitutional Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I think it's kind of awkward when everyone knows you're gay but you don't say it. I had been thinking about coming out for almost a year before I did. I thought about it seriously on the plane ride home from the World Cup, while I was casually talking to my friend Lori Lindsey. She said, "Dude, you should just come out." She was right. Everyone in my life already knew. If you want to stand up and fight for equal rights but then won't even stand up for yourself and say "I'm gay" - that just started to feel weird.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsShouldYearsKindSaidHomeFightingTalkingRightsGayEqualMy FriendsCupsPlanesComing OutAwkwardEqual RightsWorld CupStand Up For YourselfPlane Rides Author:Megan Rapinoe
“The fact that gay marriage is legal but women don't have equal rights is so redonkulous that I think it just doesn't stand the light of day.” ThinkingFactsLightRightsGayEqualEqual RightsGay Marriage Author:Kamala Lopez
“It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment, and it's all just decency and common sense and patriotism. And in other parts of the country that would be, like, inconceivable.” PeopleCountryWould BeCareCommonTalkingLibertyEnvironmentRightsGayEqualCommon SenseSmokeMarijuanaDecencyEqual RightsCivil LibertiesGay People Author:Rick Steves
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” WisdomPeaceCommunityJusticeFreedomStruggleRightsSocietyDangerKingsGaySocial JusticeThreatInjusticeHuman RightsEqualityCivil RightsIslamicJailBentEqual RightsMenacePeace And JusticeCriminal JusticeI Had A DreamBeing At PeacePeace JusticeRacial JusticeEquality And JusticeInternational PeaceBirminghamLiberty And JusticeMass IncarcerationSocial InjusticeTruth And JusticeLaw And JusticeI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechJustice For AllKings And LoveGood KingsSocial EqualityCivil Right MovementJustice And MercyJustice And InjusticeSocial ActionAfrican American InspirationalAmerican JusticeEqual JusticeLegal RightsHuman EqualityAfrican American Civil RightsJustice EqualityJustice TruthBeloved CommunityInterrelatednessInjustice AnywhereRights In AmericaJustice Denied Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“[Button] If Gay and Lesbian people are given civil rights, soon everyone will want them” PeopleIfsWantGivenRightsGayCivil RightsLgbtButtonsHomosexualityHomosexualEqual RightsGay MarriageGay RightsGay PeopleBeing GayGay PrideGlbtLgbt Pride Author:James Howe
“The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as that people of all races and creeds have equal rights, that women should be free from all forms of coercion, that children should never, ever be spanked, that students should be protected from bullying, and that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. I don’t find it at all implausible that these are gifts, in part, of a refined and widening application of reason.” PeopleShouldHumansChildrenReasonTodayFormGivenRaceRightsStudentsRevolutionGayEqualIdealsEducatedGrantedBullyingApplicationProtectedCreedsWomens RightsHuman HistoryEqual RightsCoercionRefinedUnprecedentedBeing Gay Author:Steven Pinker
“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
“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
“He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?” KnowsMotherLove IsToo MuchRightsSonHairGayEqualEqual RightsIconsJason Author:Barbra Streisand
“To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two, I can't imagine the state of Minnesota not recognizing my love for my wife Isabelle. We would welcome and respect the equal rights for gays to experience the same joy and privileges of marriage that we do.” PeopleI CanTwoStatesJoyFatherAbilityWifeRightsImagineGroupsCoupleGayHusbandEqualPrivilegeDenyMy WifeWelcomeDevotedRecognizingEqual RightsGay MarriageMinnesotaAnti-americanHusband And Father Author:Chris Kluwe