Gay Marriage Quotes

• I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

  Kinky Friedman

  Marriage, Believe, Gay

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• Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don't think we hurt anyone else's marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they're fine

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Hurt, Gay, Thinking

  "Ellen DeGeneres’ ‘Supreme Court Brief’ On Prop 8, California’s Gay Marriage Ban", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.

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• If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.

  Mariah Carey

  Gay, Pursuit Of Happiness, Two

  "Mariah, Unwrapped". Interview with Brandon Voss, www.advocate.com. December 13, 2010.

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• Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

  Jimmy Carter

  Jesus, Teaching, Gay

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• Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but that's not what I want. I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don't want to be a second-class citizen

  Dick Cheney

  Country, Home, Gay

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• Equality, absolutely, that's what defines us. It's what makes us great. If it doesn't sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that's us. We're equal

  Brad Pitt

  Gay, Ends, Equal

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• I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

  Bernadette Peters

  Marriage, Gay, Accepted

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can't have children. To take a state that does allow adoption and say-there, what is the justification for saying no gay marriage? Certainly not the one you said, is it?

  Stephen Breyer

  Children, Mean, Gay

  Supreme Court Arguments On California Gay Marriage Ban, www.npr.org. March 26, 2013.

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• Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society. Marriage cannot be cut off from its cultural, religious, and natural roots without weakening this good influence on society. Government, by recognizing and protecting marriage, serves the interests of all.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Children, Husband

  The President's Radio Address, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 3, 2006.

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• Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton.

  David Letterman

  Change, Gay, Yesterday

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• There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case, don't you think?

  Anthony Kennedy

  Sex, Children, Gay

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• You're saying, no, state said two kinds of marriage; the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Gay, Two, Saying No

  "The eight exchanges you should read from today’s gay marriage arguments". Supreme Court oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act, www.washingtonpost.com. March 27, 2013.

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• Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.

  Malcolm Turnbull

  Real, Divorce, Gay

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• True Christians are not bigoted and this is actually not a matter of equality, no matter how often it is referred to as equal marriage. Civil partnerships are equal to marriage - they might not have the same name but they are equal.

  Robert Flello

  Christian, Gay, Names

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• Our sexuality is fundamental to who we are, surely the crux of this debate is whether or not we accord equal right and respect and esteem to people regardless of their sexuality.

  Sarah Wollaston

  Gay, People, Fundamentals

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• Having a traditional view of marriage should not be seen as discriminatory, unfortunately the bill has promoted this notion. It has not created tolerance and has highlighted division.

  Jim Dobbin

  Gay, Views, Tolerance

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• Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Humor, Gay

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• My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and that's the position I take.

  Nick Jonas

  Love, Gay, Age

  "The A-List Interview: Nick Jonas". Interview with Brandon Voss, www.advocate.com. January 18, 2012.

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• This is a Pandora's box, for endless litigation, for division in society setting one group against another, and we must for that reason, for community cohesion, resist this bill.

  Stewart Jackson

  Gay, Community, Groups

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• The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith." ... "Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

  George W. Bush

  Religious, Gay, Men

  "Bush calls for ban on same-sex marriages". edition.cnn.com. February 25, 2004.

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• So they can create a class they don't like-here, homosexuals-or a class that they consider is suspect in the marriage category, and they can create that class and decide benefits on that basis when they themselves have no interest in the actual institution of marriage as married?

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Gay, Class, Benefits

  Supreme Court Arguments On Defense Of Marriage Act, www.npr.org. March 27, 2013.

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• During last night's debate, John Kerry and John Edwards were so friendly to each other some political experts think that they may end up running together. In fact Kerry and Edwards were so friendly, President Bush accused them of planning a gay marriage.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marriage, Running, Gay

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• 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?

  Yvette Cooper

  Strong, Couple, Party

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• Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

  Hendrik Hertzberg

  Marriage, Gay, Lgbt Pride

  "Obama and Gay Marriage: Runaway Bride?". www.newyorker.com. June 30, 2011.

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• The most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

  Emma Goldman

  Love, Human Rights, Equal Rights

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.126, 谷月社

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