“Mr. Chairman, speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.” MenLooksMatterFactsWould BeYoungLyingOrderBeliefForceIssuesPolicyCitizensGayMen And WomenFellowsYoung ManThings To DoRight ThingAllowingChairmanPersonal Beliefs Author:Michael Mullen
“I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going, ban all the artists coming in from Russia? But then you're really leaving the men and women who are gay and suffering under the antigay laws in an isolated situation. As a gay man, I can't leave those people on their own without going over there and supporting them. I don't know what's going to happen, but I've got to go.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenI CanTwoHappensLawArtistSufferingSituationHe ManGayMen And WomenLeavingRussiaIsolatedAvenuesBansGay Men Author:Elton John
“I've known gay people - men and women - since I was a young person. To me it's just naturalistic and realistic to portray gay characters in a humanistic light. As a young man, I knew enough gay people as people not to fear them. On the other side of the coin, I like to irritate conservatives and homophobes.” PeopleMenPersonsEnoughCharacterLightYoungSidesKnownGayMen And WomenYoung ManRealisticCoinsGay PeopleHumanisticHomophobes Author:Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero
“Love is love. It doesn't matter how or who you love. I don't believe the messiah would condemn gay men and women.” MenBelieveMatterLove IsGayMen And WomenDon't BelieveMessiahGay Men Author:James Frey
“We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.” MenWayStatesAmericaHatePoliticsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHellDemocracyClearGayRacismMen And WomenI HateDiscriminationPlatformsGay MarriageGay Men Author:Jimmy Carter
“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
“It's none of my business what somebody's [orientation is]. Now when somebody makes it my business, like on gay marriage, I'm going to stand up and say I don't support gay marriage. I support marriage between men and women.” MenSupportGayMen And WomenGay MarriageOrientationSupport Gay Marriage Author:George W. Bush
“Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges. And I will continue to appoint federal judges who know the difference between personal opinion and the strict interpretation of the law.” KnowsMenLawDifferencesOpinionSupportJudgingGayMen And WomenDeserveUnionsProtectionOur SocietyInterpretationActivistStrictHonoredGay MarriagePersonal OpinionsFederal Judges Author:George W. Bush
“It's in the Bible. God created it. He did not create gay marriage. He created man and woman marriage -- duh!” MenGayMen And WomenGay MarriageDuh Author:Victoria Jackson
“Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.” MenHomeCommunityFiveWonderfulWeekGayOfficeComputerMen And WomenLos AngelesGood FriendBest FriendCathedralsGay Men Author:Reverend Malcolm Boyd
“For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions.” PeopleMenYearsHumansHas BeensFightingVoiceRightsMovementGayMen And WomenHuman RightsCampaignsCivil RightsContributionCourageousSupporterCivil Rights MovementStood UpSaluteOutspokenAugustineMontgomeryAlbanyCourageous Man Author:Coretta Scott King
“I am gay. I am a Jew. My mother lost over a dozen of her family to Hitler's anti-Semitism. Every time in Russia (and it is constantly) a gay teenager is forced into suicide, a lesbian 'correctively' raped, gay men and women beaten to death by neo-Nazi thugs while the Russian police stand idly by, the world is diminished and I for one, weep anew at seeing history repeat itself.” MenWorldMotherLostSeeingGayMen And WomenPoliceSuicideJewRussiaTeenagerRepeatsDozenNaziBeatenThugGay MenAnti SemitismRepeating HistoryHistory Repeats Itself Author:Stephen Fry