“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand
“Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.” PeopleIfsWantChurchCitiesGayGay MarriageGay People Author:Julian Bond
“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
“All of my life I've spent a lot of time with gay men - Montgomery Clift, Jimmy Dean, Rock Hudson - who are my colleagues, coworkers, confidantes, my closest friends, but I never thought of who they slept with! They were just the people I loved. I could never understand why they couldn't be afforded the same rights and protections as all of the rest of us. There is no gay agenda, it's a human agenda” PeopleMenHumansRightsRocksGayProtectionAgendasClosestColleaguesGay MarriageJimmyDeanGay MenMontgomeryClosest FriendsCoworker Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“Every gay reader understands the secret self that is full and wonderful and has longing and tenderness and a desire for connection to other people. I think that arguments against gay marriage are just ridiculous! Who cares? People want to get married for the same reason I wanted to get married. They want to do it in front of their friends and family” PeopleThinkingWantSelfReasonCareWantedDesireSecretWonderfulFrontsReaderGayMarriedArgumentConnectionsLongingRidiculousTendernessFamily And FriendsWho CaresGay MarriageAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Lynda Carter
“As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry, I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFeelsShouldPersonsI CanImagineGayMarriedAnd LoveGay MarriageGay Rights Author:Carrie Underwood
“It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I'm an optimist. I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I'm there with you every step of the way until that day comes...” PeopleWayHeartGovernmentAbleStepsBrotherGayOpeningCaliforniaRight ThingMy BrotherHave FaithOptimistBrothers And SistersPromotingGay MarriageEvery StepOpen Your Heart Author:Russell Simmons
“I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a Black man, I think you've got to be against any form of discrimination.” PeopleThinkingMenShouldFormCausesBlackGayMarriedDiscriminationGay MarriageDisturbedGay PeopleOwn Business Author:Charles Barkley
“There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement” PeopleHumansSaidPoliticalHuman BeingsLove IsGayBraveDuesStatementsDecentAdoptionSupportiveHuman ExperienceGay MarriageDissentGay Adoption Author:Anne Hathaway
“I think if two people love each other, then what the hell? I think that everyone should have the chance to be equally miserable, if they want. It's the new tolerant me!” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldTwoChanceHellGayShould HaveMiserableGay MarriageLove Each Other Author:Eminem
“People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights.” PeopleIfsThinkingCountryStatesFactsCertainParentRightsGayMarriedOkayCivil RightsBarackIllegalGay MarriageBeing MarriedSlipperySlopesSlippery Slope Author:Kerry Washington
“When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?” PeopleWayWantWifeNew YorkGayMy WifeCaliforniaUpsetGay MarriageArizonaNevada Author:Wanda Sykes
“I genuinely believe that we will look back on today as a landmark for equality in Britain ... No matter who you are and who you love, we are all equal. Marriage is about love and commitment, and it should no longer be denied to people just because they are gay.” PeopleShouldBelieveLooksMatterTodayGayEqualCommitmentWho You AreBritainDeniedGay MarriageLandmarksLove And Commitment Author:Nick Clegg
“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
“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
“We've made houses for hatred. It's time we made a place where people's souls may be seen and made safe.” PeopleMayMadeSoulHouseGaySafeHatredLgbt Author:Jewel
“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
“I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.” PeopleThinkingFunGayLgbtFewerGay People Author:Rita Mae Brown
“There are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way.” PeopleWorldWayBelieveChoicesBornThis WorldGayLgbtBeing GayBorn This Way Author:Lady Gaga
“No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.” PeopleShouldCountryRightsGayDeny Author:Barack Obama
“I feel that gay people not being able to get married for generations, forever, meant that we came up with alternative ways of recognizing relationships. And I worry that if everybody has access to the same institutions that we lose the creativity of subcultures having to make it on their own. And I like gay culture.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsAbleCultureLosesCreativityWorryForeverGenerationsGayMarriedInstitutionsAccessAlternativesRecognizingGay PeopleSubcultureGay Culture Author:Rachel Maddow
“You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff they’ll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring’s got a little thing where you cut your finger. Really. It’s that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantKindLittlesHandsWould BeStuffCommunityCuttingGayMurderFingersRingsShakesLittle ThingsViciousSan FranciscoGay Community Author:Pat Robertson
“People who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia. I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWantDoeMatterChallengesWonderfulSeeingGayVotingHomophobiaPresumptionDoes It MatterNot Voting Author:Cory Booker
“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
“I found it hugely insulting that people believed I'd go so far out of my way - living with Playmates, vacationing with actresses, showing up at nightclubs - to act out a lifestyle that would amount to a charade. If I was gay, I'd be gay all the way.” PeopleIfsWayFoundAmountGayActressesLifestyleMy WayInsultingShowing UpNightclubsCharades Book:Long Shot Source: Long Shot
“As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline.” PeopleMenWayKindCountryGovernmentAttitudeSituationGayConscienceMen And WomenAnd LoveCurrentsOccasionsTreatmentDeniedAcceptableDeclineInvitationsGay MenLive And LoveRussian Government Author:Wentworth Miller
“One day. my kids are gonna be like, 'What do you mean, gay people couldn't get married?' Just like most of my friends are black, and I find it hard to believe that my great-grandmother and even my grandmother couldn't hang out with black kids when they were young.” PeopleBelieveMeanHardKidsYoungBlackGayOne DayMarriedMy FriendsGrandmotherHanging OutMy GrandmotherGay PeopleHard To BelieveGreat Grandmother Author:Miley Cyrus
“I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way - all of them who have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."” PeopleWayTryingBelieveHumorHappensAmericaFacesReligionAtheismGayFingersFeministLifestyleAlternativesPaganRemembrance For 9 11 Author:Jerry Falwell
“I’m from a small town so, like, everyone’s married with children or about to have children. So it’s a little hard when you go home and people are like - and that’s why people think I’m gay - because they’re like ‘Why aren’t you married?’ And I’m like, ‘it doesn’t happen for everyone right off the bat.’” PeopleThinkingChildrenLittlesHardHomeHappensGayMarriedTownsBatsSmall TownMarried With Children Author:Kelly Clarkson
“I believe the gay community is a good group of people but with groups like NAMBLA [a pedophile group] riding on their coattails.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveCommunityGroupsGayRidingGay CommunityCoattails Author:Alan Chambers
“One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality. Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda to destroy the Kingdom of God and as many souls as he can.” PeopleWorldSoulEvilSinEnemyThis WorldGayOffersKingdomsSatanAgendasHomosexualityKingdom Of GodUsing People Author:Alan Chambers
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“Most of the people...they say gays are born that way and it has been...proven...That is a lie. That's what's called a lie. It is not true. There is no definitive scientific study that has ever proved that homosexuality is innate” PeopleWayHas BeensLyingBornStudyGayProvenHomosexualityInnate Author:Scott Lively
“If homosexuality is not caused by genetic factors...then that means it can be acquired... And if it can be acquired, shouldn't we be doing everything in our power to protect people from acquiring it? Shouldn't we lean to the side of protecting the children instead of affirming a scientific hypothesis that has no actual truthful foundation?” PeopleIfsMeanChildrenSidesGayProtectFoundationFactorsTruthfulHomosexualityHypothesisAffirming Author:Scott Lively
“There's a whole network of people ready to simply inculcate you and enfold you into their world and they want more and more people in their world because they are in a campaign to change everything” PeopleWorldWantWholeReadyGayCampaigns Author:Scott Lively
“Even though probably the majority of homosexuals are not oriented towards young people, there is a significant number that are, especially the men...male homosexuality has historically been not adult to adult it has been adult to teenager” PeopleMenHas BeensYoungNumbersHe ManGayAdultsMajorityMalesSignificantTeenagerHomosexualityHomosexualSignificant Numbers Author:Scott Lively
“When you then establish the law that says you can't discriminate against people who are homosexual, what you're really saying is you're putting the power of law behind the idea that these are people who cannot change and therefore we must protect them from other people who disagree with them.” PeopleIdeasLawBehindsGayProtectDisagreeHomosexual Author:Scott Lively
“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