“Most pastors railing against gay marriage have never cried out on racism, any type of injustice or police brutality. They've never once made a statement about health care. Many of them are silent on community issues. They are very silent, but they have become the leaders of this particular movement.” MadeCareCommunityLeaderIssuesMovementParticularTypeGayRacismPoliceSilentInjusticeStatementsHealth CareCriedPastorGay MarriagePolice BrutalityBrutalityAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Otis Moss III
“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
“I really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational.” ProblemHumorFunnyGayRationalGay Marriage Author:David Cross
“I'm not sure that it's right to view this as excluding a particular group. When the institution of marriage developed historically, people didn't get around and say, 'Let's have this institution, but let's keep out homosexuals.' The institution developed to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples.” PeoplePurposeViewsGroupsParticularCoupleGayInstitutionsNot SureHomosexualGay Marriage Author:John Roberts
“Are you kidding me? It's insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It's embarrassing, and it's heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I'm completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we'll be ashamed that this was an issue.” PeopleYearsAgeSupportIssuesRightsGayInsaneCivil RightsAshamedThis DayDeniedEmbarrassingGay MarriageHeartbreakingGay Rights Author:Chris Evans
“You don't doubt that the lobby supporting the enactment of same sex-marriage laws in different states is politically powerful, do you?... As far as I can tell, political figures are falling over themselves to endorse your side of the case.” I CanDifferentStatesLawPoliticalFallSexSidesPowerfulCasesDoubtFiguresGayGay MarriageYour Side Author:John Roberts
“If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion.” IfsShouldOpinionBreakHellRightsCitizensGayTaxesBenefitsMarriedBillsEntitledGay MarriageAmerican CitizensBill Of RightsTax Breaks Author:Jeanne Phillips
“A lot of young people regard a threat against one person's sexual freedom as a threat against all of them, and that's absolutely how they should regard it. But it's heartening to look at the polls on young people on gay people, gay marriage, and sexual-freedom issues. They're terrific, and that's why the religious right is so desperately trying to lock in their current bare majority for prejudice: because their constituents are dying. They're losing votes every time the ambulance pulls up to the old folks' home. Let's hope it pulls up a little more frequently.” PeopleShouldTryingLooksLittlesPersonsHomeYoungReligiousIssuesDyingGayLosingVotePrejudiceRegardMajorityThreatFolksCurrentsLocksPollsTerrificGay MarriageGay PeopleConstituentsAmbulancePull UpsFolks Home Author:Dan Savage
“Most Americans don't care about gay marriage. But it matters very much to the knuckle-draggers and Christianists and whack jobs in Bush's ever smaller base.” MatterCareJobsGayDon't CareGay MarriageKnuckles Author:Dan Savage
“I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter.” ThinkingBigsGaySupporterGay Marriage Author:Russell Simmons
“Gay marriage considered immoral by all the world's religions.” WorldGayImmoralGay Marriage Author:Jim DeMint
“I don't support gay marriage despite being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.” SupportGayConservativeDespiteGay MarriageTies That BindSupport Gay Marriage Author:Jens Spahn
“I almost dropped dead the first time I heard Bob Dole say 'gay marriage' on the floor of the senate. He wasn't saying nice things, but he said it! I never thought in my lifetime I'd hear that. I just think we're moving now at warp speed. Even when we take a step back like with prop 8, we take two steps forward.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoMovingStepsNiceHeardGayFirst TimeLifetimeSpeedSenateBobGay MarriageNice ThingsPropsSteps ForwardWarp Author:Cherry Jones
“Thanks so much, everybody, for making gay marriage legal, thank you for everything you've done-I'm just going to walk through that door” DoneWalksDoorsGayThanksGay MarriageThank You For Everything Author:Portia de Rossi
“Today Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance against gay marriage. Trump said marriage is between a rich guy and his much younger third wife.” SaidTodayGuyRichWifeTrumpGayThirdsGay MarriageStanceAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Conan O'Brien
“If You don't like Gay Marriage, Don't Marry a Gay Person.” IfsPersonsGayGay Marriage Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I don't really care how or why Obama got to the right place on gay marriage. I'm just glad he got there.” CareGayGladGay MarriageRight Place Author:Mark McKinnon
“I don't have a chance [on being elected Mayor of New Orleans]. I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform.” RunningChanceGayMarijuanaPlatformsTaxationNew OrleansGay MarriageMayors Author:Brad Pitt
“George W. Bush's approval ratings have plummeted as Americans realize that it's not gay marriage that's destroying the country, but rather the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of the gang in the White House. They're the ones who've taken us to war based on lies and have irreparably damaged the nation's integrity.” WarCountryLyingHouseNationsPresidentRealizingWhiteTakenIntegrityGayWhite HouseDestroyingApprovalGangGay MarriageRiceRatingApproval Rating Author:Michelangelo Signorile
“I have the liberal dictionary right here...let's see how they define water-boarding: 'Something done by the evil troops, who we don't support, to innocent terrorists violating their rights to bomb our cities and make us get gay marriage.'” DoneEvilWaterCitiesSupportRightsGayTerroristInnocentBombsTroopsGay MarriageDictionary Author:Jon Stewart
“I wouldn't want [gay marriage] to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court.” WantStatesUnitedUnited StatesGayVoteCourtCurrentsSupremeSupreme CourtGay MarriageHomophobes Author:Barney Frank
“Gay marriage within mainline denominations is gaining traction. Skewed pastors and even the government can't trump the Bible on this issue. Pastors: stand!” GovernmentIssuesTrumpGayPastorGay MarriageDenominationsTraction Author:Steve Camp
“Republicans don't want to shrink government. They want more and more military, more and more surveillance. They'd like to have the government banning gay marriage and so forth.” WantGovernmentMilitaryRepublicanGayShrinksGay MarriageSurveillance Author:John Zerzan
“Clearly, gay marriage is on the top of the agenda right now. It's pretty amazing, considering where stuff was at when I was in high-school, when there were no LGBT Gay-Straight Alliances or any of that stuff. Am I a huge Lady Gaga fan? No, but I think some of the stuff she does that helps LGBT kids is amazing. And it's great that that's mainstream. It's fantastic that there's a pop star who's willing to put herself out in that way.” ThinkingWayDoeHelpingKidsSchoolStarsStuffFansWillingHugeRight NowGayHigh SchoolPopsFantasticAgendasLgbtMainstreamConsideringGay MarriageAlliancesPop StarsGaga Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Bush proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Some saw the move as an attempt to preserve traditional values, while others saw it as a cynical ploy to ensure that Vice President... Cheney will never have to pay for his gay daughter's wedding.” MovingValuesPresidentPaySawsGayDaughterVicesTraditionalPreservesCynicalAmendmentsGay MarriageBansVice PresidentTraditional ValuesConstitutional AmendmentsPloy 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 don't think gay marriage is any threat to marriage. I think divorce is a bigger problem to marriage than anything else.” ThinkingProblemGayBiggerThreatDivorceGay MarriageBigger Problems Author:Rick Warren
“This is what I say to the most conservative person that's so terrified of gay marriage becoming legal. Just because the state says it's legal, it's not like God's going to let them into Heaven. So you can still sleep sound every night knowing that goal line defense is up at the pearly gates.” PersonsStillsStatesNightHeavenSoundGoalLinesSleepKnowingBecomingGayConservativeDefenseGatesEvery NightTerrifiedGay MarriagePearly Gates Author:Daniel Tosh
“I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco. Are you in favor of gay marriage?' I was like, 'Well, I'd like to get to know you a little bit better first. I don't know what ever happened to buying a guy a smoothie and seeing what happens. That's how we do it back home.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesRealHomeHappensGuyBitsSeeingHappenedGayLittle BitAreasConservativeFavorsHeyBuyingChicagoThis GuySan FranciscoGay MarriageBack HomeSmoothies Author:Arj Barker
“And I'll tell you another thing, you won't find any candidate that supports prayer in school and gay marriage. For that reason alone, people should vote for an independent-thinking person.” PeopleThinkingShouldPersonsReasonSchoolPrayerSupportGayVoteIndependentCandidatesGay MarriageIndependent ThinkingThinking PersonPrayer In School Author:Kinky Friedman
“I'm pro-gay marriage. I don't believe that that's a sin.” BelieveSinGayDon't BelieveGay MarriagePro Gay Author:Jay Bakker
“I'm definitely always drawn to the injustice of people who have been imprisoned for things they didn't do. But also lots about abortion and gay marriage. Civil issues are usually what I am drawn to.” PeopleHas BeensIssuesGayInjusticeAbortionGay Marriage Author:Natalie Maines
“The only people are those who don't love anybody.” PeopleGayLgbtHomosexualityHomosexualGay MarriageOrientationGay RightsGay PeopleBeing GayGay PrideLgbt PrideBorn Gay Author:Rita Mae Brown
“You can't wake up one day and say 'I'm for gay marriage,' and wake up the next day and say 'I'm against it.' Wake up one day and say, 'I'm pro-choice,' and the next day wake up and say, 'I'm pro-life.' There's no credibility there.” ChoicesNextGayOne DayWake UpNext DayCredibilityGay MarriagePro Life Author:Roger Stone
“Ed "The Truth Is Illegal" Markey responded to Teamster support for ANWR by dismissively sniffing, it was only "one issue." Luckily, the Democrats have all those other issues dear to the heart of the average blue-collar worker: abortion on demand, gay marriage and taxpayer-funded crucifixes submerged in urine.” HeartSupportIssuesTruth IsGayDemandBlueDemocratWorkersDearAverageAbortionIllegalGay MarriageTaxpayersCollarsBlue CollarSubmergedSniffingBlue Collar WorkersAnwr Author:Ann Coulter
“Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians.” CausesHurtRightsPoliticianGayElectionConservativeGay MarriageGay RightsBallots Author:Roseanne Barr
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“Liberals claim to love gays when it allows them to vent their spleen at Republicans. But disagree with liberals and their first response is to call you gay. Liberals are gays' biggest champions on issues most gays couldn't care less about, like gay marriage or taxpayer funding of photos of men with bullwhips up their derrieres. But who has done more to out, embarrass, and destroy the lives of gay men who prefer to keep their orientation private than Democrats? Who is more intolerant of gays in the Republican Party than gays in the Democratic Party?” MenFirstsDoneCarePartyIssuesRepublicanGayClaimsDemocraticDemocratResponseChampionDisagreeRepublican PartyGay MarriageDemocratic PartyFundingTaxpayersOrientationGay MenSpleen Author:Ann Coulter
“The White House admitted that Vice President Biden's endorsement of gay marriage forced him to come out in favor of it. So in a related story millions of Americans are trying to get Biden hooked on pot.” TryingStoriesHousePresidentWhiteMillionsGayVicesFavorsRelatedWhite HousePotGay MarriageVice PresidentHookedEndorsementsBiden Author:Conan O'Brien
“One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He said, 'Sorry, I can't continue the interview.' Because they only had gay public figures in their magazine. I felt so crestfallen. I wanted to tell him: but I play fundraisers for gay marriage! I'd rather my kids were gay than straight!'” SaidI CanPlayKidsWantedFoundFeltFiguresGaySorryMagazinesJournalistInterviewsOne TimeHalfwayGay MarriagePublic FiguresFundraiser Author:Moby
“People like Sean Penn, he is someone that is politically progressive and yet is still at the top of his game in the industry. So I love that he is out there just virtually shaming all the people that voted for Prop 8. He was a really great example of a straight ally, someone who used his talent and used his ability to further our cause, not just for political progressiveness but also specifically for gay marriage and specifically for Harvey Milk's entire life.” PeopleStillsPoliticalUsedGamesCausesAbilityTalentExampleIndustryGayProgressiveAlliesMilkReally GreatGay MarriagePropsSeanHarvey Author:Margaret Cho
“Christians lost the battle in the public square over gay marriage because, frankly, we were outthought, outfought, and outmarketed on the issue.” ChristianLostIssuesGayBattleSquaresGay Marriage Author:Robert Jeffress
“Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education.” WarCareEconomyGayRedHealth CareGay MarriageHerringRed Herrings Author:David O. Russell
“Abortion and gay marriage are the political hot-buttons of the day. There are lot of things going wrong in the world, hate is running amok, so why just focus on these two hot-buttons and not everything else?” WorldTwoRunningPoliticalHateFocusGayHotAbortionButtonsGay Marriage Author:Robert Hood
“It does seem to me, though, that there is a difference between the Mormon Church saying, "We don't accept gay people within the Church; we don't accept gay marriage within the Church; we don't accept people who act on their homosexual desires within the Church;" and trying to interfere with what happens outside of the Church. That seemed to me to be an abomination.” PeopleTryingDoeSeemsHappensDesireDifferencesChurchAcceptingGayInterfereHomosexualGay MarriageGay PeopleAbomination Author:Andrew Solomon
“There was only really one time that I had a substantive interaction with the president [Barak Obama] directly, and that was in 2013 when we were deciding whether to file a brief in the first gay marriage case, the Perry against Hollingsworth case. That was a weighty decision about whether the United States government was going to come in and say that heightened scrutiny ought to apply and some state bans on same-sex marriage ought to be unconstitutional. And that was the one time in my tenure where I thought I ought not make this decision without talking to the president.” FirstsStatesGovernmentSexPresidentDecisionUnitedTalkingCasesUnited StatesOughtGayOne TimeInteractionGay MarriageFilesBansScrutinyState GovernmentTenureUnconstitutionalUnited States GovernmentBarak Obama Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme of things. But it was really a privilege to get to do it.” RolesMovementHugeGayPrivilegeSchemesGay MarriageSmall Roles Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“I think we have muddled the terms of marriage, civil partnership, registry office, church etc. I would have liked that to have been clarified. I didn't really like the legislation that was the problem but I absolutely support gay marriage.” ThinkingHas BeensProblemTermChurchSupportGayOfficeEtcPartnershipLegislationGay MarriageSupport Gay Marriage Author:Andrea Leadsom
“If we were to sit and discuss abortion and legalizing marijuana and gay marriage and all those things, you'd be surprised where you'd see me on the side of some of that stuff. People get their opinions - as soon as you're a real flag-waving patriot, then all of a sudden you're a conservative.” PeopleIfsRealStuffSidesOpinionGayConservativeAbortionFlagsMarijuanaPatriotGay MarriageLegalizing MarijuanaFlag Waving Author:Toby Keith
“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