“Mutability is the badge of infirmity. It is seldom that a man continues to wish and design the same thing two days alike. Now he is for marrying; and now a mistress is preferred to a wife. Now he is ambitious and aspiring; presently the meanest servant is not more humble than he. This hour he squanders his money away; the next he turns miser. Sometimes he is frugal and serious; at other times profuse, airy, and gay.” MenTwoSometimesTurnsNextWishHoursWifeDesignSeriousGayHumbleServantAmbitiousMistressTwo DaysMarryingBadgesInfirmityMisersAiryFrugalMutability Author:Pierre Charron
“I don't think that gay and lesbian relationships are identical to heterosexual relationships. I do think that heterosexual weddings, or at least most of them, are sort of camp pantomimes about male and female sex roles, even if the couple is marrying as individuals and equals.” IfsThinkingIndividualSexRolesCoupleGayFemaleMalesCampsIdenticalMarryingPantomime Author:Dan Savage
“I don't know why some people get worked up about gay people marrying. It's not gay people who are ruining the sanctity of marriage, it's celebrities.” PeopleKnowsGayGay PeopleSanctityMarryingSanctity Of Marriage Author:Craig Ferguson
“I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.” ShouldPoliticsMarriageGayVoteConstitutionDefenseSenateCornyProposalBansMarrying Author:Barack Obama
“Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America - as many as 10 million children. And it does nothing to make their lives more stable and secure to attack their families, to attack their parents to prevent us from marrying each other.” ChildrenDoeAmericaParentMillionsGayRaisedSecureStableMarrying Author:Dan Savage
“It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.” PeopleFeelsLongDoeEnoughNaturalGenerationsHavensLike YouGayDragGay PeopleMarryingRemakesDressed UpGetting DressedGetting Dressed Up Author:Dan Savage