“It's my belief that, like every other American, gay and lesbian couples should be able to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and protect their families.” ShouldPersonsAbleBeliefCoupleGayProtectCommitmentLifetimeLifetime Commitment Author:Mark Udall
“When people sit across from people - gay, straight, whatever - and they talk, they find out that people they may have been demonizing for their lifetime aren't the demons we've expected them to be.” PeopleMayHas BeensGayLifetimeExpectedDemon Author:Mark Ruffalo
“There are a lot of very fine upstanding gays who are good citizens and all that. I am not making a decision for individual people. But when it comes to a societal policy, I think there are not enough babies for adoption to go around. I think a preference should be given to families with a mother and father who have a lifetime commitment.” PeopleThinkingShouldEnoughMotherFatherIndividualGivenDecisionPolicyBabyFineCitizensGayCommitmentLifetimeAdoptionPreferenceMother And FatherGood CitizenLifetime Commitment Author:Phyllis Schlafly
“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
“People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm really encouraged. I think in my lifetime we will achieve equality. I'm honored to be a part of it.” PeopleThinkingChoicesRealizingAchieveColorGaySkinsLifetimeHonoredDefiningBeing Gay Author:Leslie Jordan
“Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay and lesbian community has become much more mainstream in society. I would venture to say it's in part because people began to feel more comfortable when they saw that group on TV.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentCultureCommunityAttitudeSawsGroupsTvsGayShapesComfortableLifetimeCompareMainstreamVenturePopular Culture Author:Jay Ruderman
“I have seen a lifetime of transgender people and it was hard enough being gay in the '50s and early '60s. One couldn't imagine the cruelty that trans people had to face back then.” PeopleHardEnoughFacesImagineGayLifetimeCrueltyTransgenderTransBeing Gay Author:Patti Smith
“At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the school steps keeping James Hood from entering the University of Alabama because he was black.” LooksSchoolBlackStepsIssuesGayStandingLifetimeUniversityCivil RightsEnteringGay MarriageHoodGay RightsAlabamaBeing GayGay PrideOutdatedAgainst Gay MarriageGeorge Wallace Author:George Clooney
“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