“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
“The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals. We're Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else. That is a compelling argument. And to deny that, you've got to have a very strong argument on the other side. And the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the Bible ... I support civil unions, I always have. All right, the gay marriage thing, I don't feel that strongly about it one way or the other.” WayWantFeelsAbleStrongSidesSupportGayArgumentUnionsDenyTreatedOne WayVery StrongCompellingHomosexualGay Marriage Author:Bill O'Reilly
“We are better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.” PeopleLawGayAshesGay MarriageGay Pride Author:John E. Jones III
“Justice has often been forged from fires of indignities and prejudices suffered. Our triumphs that celebrate the freedom of choice are hallowed. We have arrived upon another moment in history when 'We the People' becomes more inclusive, and our freedom more perfect.” PeopleMomentsChoicesJusticePerfectFireGayPrejudiceCelebrateTriumphGay MarriageFreedom Of ChoiceForgedGay PrideIndignity Author:Arenda L. Wright Allen
“When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. That is all we want to do; we have no desire to change marriage. We want to be entitled to not only the same privileges but the same responsibilities as straight people.” PeopleWantDesireWhiteResponsibilityGayEatingVoteTablesPrivilegeAfrican AmericanVotingLunchEntitledInvitedGay MarriageDesire To ChangeEating Out Author:Cynthia Nixon
“It's about time that we create first class citizenship for every American plain and simple. Every New Jersey-ian. This should not be a popular vote. This is something we should do now.” ShouldFirstsSimpleClassGayVoteCitizenshipJerseyGay MarriageNew JerseyFirst ClassPlain And SimplePopular Vote Author:Cory Booker
“As much as the social conservatives might not like to hear it, there will be a time when your grandchildren say: 'What was the argument with gay marriage? Who cares?'” MightCareSocialGayArgumentGrandchildrenWho CaresGay Marriage Author:Jim Kolbe
“My friends, welcome to the other side of the rainbow.” SidesGayMy FriendsWelcomeRainbowGay Marriage Author:Ed Murray
“I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason I feel a duty to say I support gay marriage and gay rights. I have nothing to gain personally from supporting this issue, and that's the point. Society as a whole is better when there is equality, and I want to live in a country where everyone has the same rights because we all benefit from that.” WantFeelsCountryReasonWholeGuySportsSupportIssuesRightsDutyTypeGayBenefitsToughGainsFighterGay MarriageGay RightsMachoUfcSupport Gay Marriage Author:Rashad Evans
“A lot of people [are] saying civil union," Faried told KDVR. "I don't like it being called that because I can get married to a female and it can be called a marriage. Why can't a female be married to a female and male be married to a male and it be called a marriage? You still have the same thing, same love and happiness.” PeopleStillsI CanGayMarriedFemaleUnionsMalesGay MarriageBeing MarriedBecause I CanHappiness And LoveSame LoveFemales And Males Author:Kenneth Faried
“I certainly support the right of the gay brothers and sisters to come together. I believe true love can take a number of different forms. If they choose to be married that's fine, but the important thing is I hope they find love” IfsBelieveImportantDifferentTogetherFormI BelieveNumbersSupportBrotherFineGayMarriedImportant ThingsBrothers And SistersGay MarriageBeing MarriedFinding Love Author:Cornel West
“If you don't believe me, did you happen to notice that all that's being asked for is the right to be married, which ironically promotes commitment, family and love.” IfsBelieveHappensGayMarriedCommitmentAnd LoveDon't BelieveBelieve In MeGay MarriageBeing MarriedLove And Family Author:Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
“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
“On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights” BelieveI BelieveRightsSeriousGayDeserveNotesGay MarriageMarriage Equality Author:Connor Barwin
“Since I was born I remember my dad and my mom always embracing diversity and differences among people and that being the core of America and happiness and all those different things. And that goes along with equality and you should treat everybody equal and be fair and not judge people and dislike people because they are different, and embrace and enjoy people because of the differences they have.” PeopleShouldDifferentAmericaRememberEnjoyBornDifferencesJudgingMomDadGayEqualDiversityFairsTreatsEmbraceMy DadMy MomCoreDifferent ThingsDislikeGay Marriage Author:Connor Barwin
“We just need the laws to change - it's 2012," JWoww said to MTV News. "I want to see my best friend get married, and I want to see everyone in every state be able to get married. It's their choice. It's not affecting our lives. So let them be equal. We want them to be able to experience life, and if they want to be miserable and married, let them be miserable and married like us.” IfsWantNeedsSaidStatesAbleLawChoicesOur LivesGayEqualMarriedNewsMiserableMy Best FriendGay MarriageMtv Author:JWoww
“We should be in the business of protecting cherished institutions and our cultural heritage, otherwise what, I ask, is a Conservative party for? Indeed we are alienating people who have voted for us for all their lives, leaving them with no one to vote for.” PeopleShouldAsksPartyGayVoteInstitutionsLeavingConservativeHeritageGay MarriageCultural HeritageConservative Party Author:Edward Leigh
“Who are we, this government or this country, to redefine the term marriage that has meant one man and one woman across cultures, across ages, across geographical barriers since before state and religion themselves?” MenCountryStatesGovernmentAgeCultureTermGayBarriersOne ManGay MarriageOne Woman Author:Tim Loughton
“It is my saddest day as an MP when my party brings in a bill which I'm fundamentally opposed to. I'm very sad my party has brought this in without any democratic mandate.” PartyGayBillsDemocraticGay MarriageMandatesSaddestVery SadMps Author:Peter Bone
“I believe my party should never flinch from the requirement that we must continue this progression, otherwise we may end up like the Republican party who lost an election last year that they could have won were it not for their socially conservative agenda. We may have gone two steps forward, but I fear we may have gone one step backwards. The modernisation of the Conservative party is not yet complete.” ShouldYearsBelieveMayTwoEndsLastsLostI BelievePartyStepsGoneRepublicanGayElectionConservativeAgendasLast YearRequirementsRepublican PartyBackwardsGay MarriageProgressionSteps ForwardConservative PartyModernisation Author:Margot James
“I say to my colleagues that I sit alongside them in committee, in the bars and in the tea room, and I queue alongside them in the division lobby. But when it comes to marriage, they are asking me to stand apart and to join a separate queue. I ask my colleagues, if I am equal in this house, to give me every opportunity to be equal.” IfsGivingAsksOpportunityHouseRoomsGayEqualGive MeAskingBarsTeaDivisionCommitteesColleaguesGay MarriageQueues Author:Mike Freer
“Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of the bus. It is the motif that determined that black and white people could not possibly drink from the same water fountain, eat at the same table or use the same toilets.” PeopleUseSpeakLanguageBlackWaterWhiteDrinkGayEqualLet MeTablesDeterminedParksBusFraudBlack And WhiteFountainToiletsGay MarriageRosaMotifsWater FountainSeparate But Equal Author:David Lammy
“We all support the idea of a strong marriage, we all clearly like a good party. Call us hopeless romantics, call it the triumph of hope over experience - most of us think when people love each other and want to make that long-term commitment, that is a wonderful thing. So why would we stop a loving couple getting married just because they are gay?” PeopleThinkingWantLongIdeasStrongTermPartySupportWonderfulCoupleGayMarriedCommitmentTriumphLong TermHopelessWonderful ThingsGay MarriageLove Each OtherGetting MarriedHopeless RomanticGood PartyStrong Marriage Author:Yvette Cooper
“There's substance to the point that sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more.” YearsFiveInformationGaySubstanceFive YearsGay MarriageSociological Author:Anthony Kennedy
“People are so intimidated by the gay movement that nobody will say why...they won't say why they don't want gay marriage...they don't dare to say because homosexuality is wrong, it's harmful for society, it's abnormal, it's unnatural, the people who are doing it can overcome it and should overcome it” PeopleWantShouldMovementGayOvercomingDareHomosexualityGay MarriageUnnaturalIntimidatedAbnormal Author:Scott Lively
“... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist.” ThinkingShouldLyingFightingGayInstitutionsGay MarriageMarriage Equality Author:Masha Gessen