Marriage Equality Quotes - Page 3

• [Marriage] a bond for life, and whether you're gay or straight, it makes no difference to being married. What marriage stands for is that you love that person... You want to commit yourself to that person forever.

  Cheryl Cole

  Gay, Differences, Forever

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• Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family.

  Bryan Cranston

  Couple, Gay, Should Have

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• Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history.

  Dean Hamer

  Confusing, Ancient, Dear

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• As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.

  Colin Powell

  Couple, Gay, Able

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• One of the loveliest weddings I ever performed was that of a gay couple. To me if you are a good citizen, you pay your taxes, you work, you should have all the rights and responsibilities of everybody else.

  Judy Sheindlin

  Couple, Responsibility, Gay

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• How many more gay people must God create until we realize that he wants them here?

  Kaniela Ing

  Gay, People, Want

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• Today's decision affirms what we all know to be true — the U.S. Constitution guarantees the basic civil rights of all Americans, not just some. Utah's ban on marriage equality does nothing to strengthen or protect any marriage. Instead, it singles out thousands of loving Utah families for unfair treatment simply because of who they are. Our Constitution does not allow for such blatant discrimination.

  Chad Griffin

  Utah, Rights, Decision

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• I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I'm gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it's gay. And I love my gay fans, and they're all going to be coming to our show. And it's going to remain gay.

  Lady Gaga

  Gay, Together, Fans

  "Everything about Lady Gaga is gay: the MTV quote of the day". MTV news staff, www.mtv.com. August 13, 2009.

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• The first question for me is: Are same-sex unions ‘marriages’? I’m against discrimination, I’m against hatred, I’m in favor of marriage equality, but I don’t think same-sex marriage is marriage. Therefore I think it is wrong for the government to insist, through the use of law, that we all believe that same-sex unions are marriages.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Sex, Believe, Thinking

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• Marriage equality is a term so ridiculous on its face that when you hear it mentioned, you would think you were in Riyadh. Years from now, perhaps we can lose the equality part, the same-sex part and call it what it is - marriage.

  Henry Rollins

  Sex, Thinking, Years

  "Henry Rollins: Gay Marriage Is Punk Rock" by Henry Rollins, www.laweekly.com. December 20, 2012.

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• Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of story.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Land, Stories

  Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton, twitter.com. September 3, 2015.

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• The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to use the terms commonly associated with marriage; husband and wife are the two most common.

  Steven Petrow

  Husband, Two, Wife

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• As I've been involved in the fight for marriage equality, one of the things I've learned is how many people were harmed by the campaigns in which I was involved. I apologize to them and tell them I am sorry. While there have been recent victories, this could still be a long struggle in which there will be setbacks, and I'll do my part to be helpful.

  Ken Mehlman

  Sorry, Struggle, Fighting

  "Same sex, opposite impact". Interview with Thomas Schaller, www.salon.com. March 2, 2012.

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• I have never been prouder to be a lifelong New Yorker than I am today with the passage of marriage equality.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Today, Lifelong, Passages

  "Gay Marriage Bill Passes In New York; Governor Cuomo Signs Same Sex Marriage Bill Into Law", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

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• I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.

  Jill Stein

  Thinking, Rights, Goal

  Source: www.pqmonthly.com

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• Mr. Christ, I read you as an infinitely patient entity who, as they say, often works in mysterious ways, a rebel unafraid to take the tougher, less traveled paths. Seems to me you're playing the long game. Is that why more states are coming out in favor of marriage equality? Is that why the Affordable Care Act is now with us?

  Henry Rollins

  Games, Long, Care

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• Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He opposed the nomination of Loretta Lynch, the nation's first African-American woman to serve as attorney general. These things worry me.

  Patrick Leahy

  Worry, Decision, African American

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I feel that at this point in our country's history, it is important that we not reverse marriage equality, that we not reverse Roe v. Wade, that we stand up against Citizens United, we stand up for the rights of people in the workplace, that we stand up and basically say: The Supreme Court should represent all of us. That's how I see the court, and the kind of people that I would be looking to nominate to the court would be in the great tradition of standing up to the powerful, standing up on behalf of our rights as Americans.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Powerful, Rights

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• Marriage equality is a very middle-class issue and voting rights is a very working-class issue. If you do not vote, who are you speaking for? Who will be the next Fannie Lou Hamer? If not you or someone you know, then who?

  Darryl Pinckney

  Rights, Class, Issues

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I want a Supreme Court that will stick with Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose, and I want a Supreme Court that will stick with marriage equality.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wade, Want, Sticks

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the second 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2016.

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• I want to stay on the subject of marriage equality because this is the part of the show that everybody loves but you hate if you're the one who has to hear your own voice.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Hate, Voice, Want

  "Farewell to the General". Interview with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.

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• I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.

  Steven Petrow

  Powerful, Struggle, Heart

  "Civilities: We'll be talking about your reactions to the Orlando massacre for the full hour". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. June 21, 2016.

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• Public attitudes follow real life experience, and as marriage equality has spread to more communities, Americans have seen more freedom, stronger families, more protection for children and more fairness.

  Ken Mehlman

  Life, Children, Attitude

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• ...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be afraid of something that we don't know. ... It's unfortunate that things take a while to progress like this, but it was a great, great victory for equality. I'm proud New York has the balls to stand up for what's right.

  Justin Timberlake

  New York, Differences, People

  "Justin and Mila: More Than Just Friends". Interview with Jeremy Kinser, www.advocate.com. July 25, 2011.

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• Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.

  Richard Posner

  Children, Couple, Drunk

  "Hero Federal Appeals Judge Burns Down the Case Against Gay Marriage" by Michelle Dean, gawker.com. September 5, 2014.

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