“If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women's rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.” IfsProblemAsksViewsEnvironmentRightsGayAsk MeWomens RightsMy Best FriendGay Rights Author:Bernie Sanders
“The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.” ThinkingMovingLibertyGreaterRightsGayInevitableMarchAmerican HistoryWomens RightsExpansionEmancipationGay RightsCivil LibertiesArcsProclamationEmancipation Proclamation Author:James McGreevey
“And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course - those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape 'kit 'n' stuff. But for everybody else, it's a win-win. Unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing's a disaster.” KnowsWantYearsBelieveEndsWholeCoursesWinningStuffEvolutionGayConservativePartnersDisasterWomens RightsPalinLike HerWin Win Author:Tina Fey
“You have to remember, rights don't come in groups we shouldn't have 'gay rights'; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn't have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group.” PersonsWould BeRememberIndividualRightsGroupsGayBehaviorMajorsDebateWomens RightsGay Rights Author:Ron Paul
“Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep the fruits of your labor....I, in a way, don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, religious rights. There’s only one type of right. It’s the right to your liberty.” WayShouldMeanUseTermReligiousLibertyRightsTypeGayLaborShould HaveFruitMinoritiesWomens RightsGay RightsReligious Rights Author:Ron Paul
“Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated as second-class citizens. Yes, things have changed but we have still not achieved equality among all humans. And nonhuman animals continue to be chattel property without any inherent value.” PeopleYearsHumansStillsTwoValuesNationsAnimalClassChangedColorKingsCitizensGayPropertyTreatedInequalityFortyTwo YearsInherentWomens RightsDrsThings Have ChangedSecond Class Citizens Author:Gary L. Francione
“The Rights Revolutions too have given us ideals that educated people today take for granted but that are virtually unprecedented in human history, such as that people of all races and creeds have equal rights, that women should be free from all forms of coercion, that children should never, ever be spanked, that students should be protected from bullying, and that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. I don’t find it at all implausible that these are gifts, in part, of a refined and widening application of reason.” PeopleShouldHumansChildrenReasonTodayFormGivenRaceRightsStudentsRevolutionGayEqualIdealsEducatedGrantedBullyingApplicationProtectedCreedsWomens RightsHuman HistoryEqual RightsCoercionRefinedUnprecedentedBeing Gay Author:Steven Pinker