Gay Marriage Quotes - Page 12

• This is an issue just like 9/11. We didn’t decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to. It was brought to us. And if not now, when? When the supreme courts in all the other states have succumbed to the Massachusetts version of the law?

  Rick Santorum

  War, Fighting, Law

  "10 Outrageous Things Rick Santorum Has Said". The Morning Call, www.thedailybeast.com. February 20, 2012.

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• I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.

  Joel Osteen

  Gay, People

  "John Brennan talks War on Terror; Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of hope". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 29, 2012.

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• Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.

  Rick Perry

  Moving, Gay, Marijuana

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• I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

  Colin Powell

  Gay, Views, Different

  "Powell favors same-sex marriage" by Gregory Wallace, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.

  Gus Van Sant

  Religious, Jobs, Gay

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• I'm an advocate for gay marriage. I have more gay friends than Carter has pills.

  Patti Stanger

  Gay, Pills, Carter

  "Patti Stanger Makes More Anti-Gay Comments on 'Joy Behar' Show" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 27, 2011.

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• The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue.

  Jim Wallis

  Faith, Religious, Gay

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• I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

  James Carville

  Gay, I Realized, Gay Pride

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• We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are - whether it's here in the United States or, as Hillary (Clinton) mentioned, more extremely in odious laws that are being proposed most recently in Uganda.

  Barack Obama

  Gay, Uganda, Law

  "In His Own Words: President Obama's Nuanced View on Gay Marriage". Remarks by the President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, www.foxnews.com. February 4, 2010.

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• I think it's about time! Who cares whether he is looking for votes or not! At least your country is moving forward with the times!

  Barack Obama

  Country, Moving, Gay

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• I think that the best day will be when we no longer talk about being gay or straight - it's not a 'gay wedding,' it's just a 'wedding'... It's not a 'gay marriage,' it's just 'a marriage.' It's not a 'black man' or 'white woman,' it's just 'a man' and 'a woman,' or 'a human' and 'a human.' I'd just like to get to that.

  Kerry Washington

  Gay, Men, Thinking

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• Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All men (including women) are created equal' and are afforded unalienable rights. Way to go, Mr. President! Stand up for what you believe and for the people of this country.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, Teaching

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• Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

  Jimmy Carter

  Self, Racism, Democracy

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

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• A little reminder to those who don't back Obama and gay marriage. It's probably cause you're gay.

  Barack Obama

  Gay, Littles, Causes

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• She later said: "If the Irish people vote in favour of gay marriage then I'll vote for gay marriage in the Oireachtas in order to recognise that position, but at the moment that is not recognised by the Constitution."

  Lucinda Creighton

  Gay, Order, People

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• I have many gay friends who don't support gay marriage either.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Gay, Support, Gay Rights

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• Loads of my friends are gay, I don't see myself in any sense as being opposed to gay rights, but I did express a view before the election - which by the way was also expressed by the party but then they changed their mind - that we didn't support gay marriage which is, I suppose for some, the ultimate destination, but not for everybody.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Party, Gay, Rights

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• I believe everyone on this planet deserves equal rights to their own pursuit of happiness.

  Joel Madden

  Believe, Gay, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• I really don't have a problem with gay marriage... because I'm tolerant and rational.

  David Cross

  Funny, Humor, Gay

  "Last Laugh '05". TV Movie, December 11, 2005.

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• If gay Americans are not allowed to get married and have all the benefits that American citizens are entitled to by the Bill of Rights, they should get one hell of a tax break. That is my opinion.

  Jeanne Phillips

  Gay, Rights, Citizens

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• It seems that people are more comfortable with the private outrage about gay marriage, because when you are outraged about this issue, it requires no work. There's no work that you have to do when you're outraged about a gay couple. There is work that you have to do if you want to see black fathers raise their children. There is work that you have to do if you want to see a school develop.

  Otis Moss III

  Children, Couple, Father

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A lot of young people regard a threat against one person's sexual freedom as a threat against all of them, and that's absolutely how they should regard it. But it's heartening to look at the polls on young people on gay people, gay marriage, and sexual-freedom issues. They're terrific, and that's why the religious right is so desperately trying to lock in their current bare majority for prejudice: because their constituents are dying. They're losing votes every time the ambulance pulls up to the old folks' home. Let's hope it pulls up a little more frequently.

  Dan Savage

  Religious, Home, Gay

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 8, 2006.

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• I'm not sure that it's right to view this as excluding a particular group. When the institution of marriage developed historically, people didn't get around and say, 'Let's have this institution, but let's keep out homosexuals.' The institution developed to serve purposes that, by their nature, didn't include homosexual couples.

  John Roberts

  Couple, Gay, Views

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• People like Sean Penn, he is someone that is politically progressive and yet is still at the top of his game in the industry. So I love that he is out there just virtually shaming all the people that voted for Prop 8. He was a really great example of a straight ally, someone who used his talent and used his ability to further our cause, not just for political progressiveness but also specifically for gay marriage and specifically for Harvey Milk's entire life.

  Margaret Cho

  Gay, Games, People

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• One time I was doing an interview for a gay magazine and halfway through the journalist found out I wasn't gay. He said, 'Sorry, I can't continue the interview.' Because they only had gay public figures in their magazine. I felt so crestfallen. I wanted to tell him: but I play fundraisers for gay marriage! I'd rather my kids were gay than straight!'

  Moby

  Sorry, Kids, Gay

  "'The Humility That Comes From Being Hated': Moby Interviewed". Interview with Stephen Dalton, thequietus.com. May 9, 2011.

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