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  • 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.

    Moving   Gay   Thinking  
    "Jersey Boy". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. April 29, 2009.
  • No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

  • It is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home. To betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us. Because whatever you're fighting for, racism or poverty. Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality. It won't matter in the least. Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.

    Home   Heart   Gay  
    "Dear future generations: Sorry". Prince Ea's video address to the people about mitigating climate change on Earth Day, www.globalcitizen.org. April 22, 2015.
  • I oftentimes receive the question, "What do you think is the most important social issue to focus on?" Or, "What's the most important component of identity? Is it gay rights or race or feminism?" And I'm like, "Well, they're all intertwined. It's all one conversation at the end of the day. You can't just pick one." I mean, people experience all kinds of prejudice because of all different parts of themselves. And that doesn't make one part more important than the other.

    Mean   Gay   Thinking  
    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • You're the reason why selfless soldiers won't be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love.

    Military   Gay   Soldier  
    Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.

    Gay   Thinking   Rights  
  • I think Enda Kenny has shown himself to be a good leader in the sense that he can accept that people might have differences of opinion with him, but at the same time can see that it's useful to have them involved and part of the team and I very much appreciate that.

    Team   Gay   Thinking  
  • Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.

  • They say that Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. Truth be told, we don't love him because of that, but he was a great musician, and we all love his music. So what? I assure you that I work with these people. I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We have absolutely normal relations, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary here.

    "Tchaikovsky May Have Been Gay, Putin Reluctantly Admits" by • Alexander Abad-Santos, www.theatlantic.com. September 4, 2013.
  • ... I think Finance is the one that everybody aspires to, who's serious in politics, because that's where the real decisions are taken and I think it's a fascinating portfolio.

    Real   Taken   Gay  
  • I'm a progressive. What I find is that a subsection within the left that instead of standing for consistency in progressive values, so feminism as applied to mainstream society, as well as within minority communities, gay rights to mainstream society as well as within minority communities.

    Source: www.abc.net.au
  • The gay rights movement of recent years has been an inspiring victory for humanity and it is in the tradition of the civil rights movement when I was a young boy in the South, the women's suffrage movement when my mother was a young woman in Tennessee, the abolition movement much farther back, and the anti-apartheid movement when I was in the House of Representatives. All of these movements have one thing in common: the opposition to progress was rooted in an outdated understanding of morality.

    Mother   Gay   Boys  
    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.

    Tennessee Williams (1975). “Memoirs”, p.54, New Directions Publishing
  • [John] McCain seemed to be winking to the Right, and [Barack] Obama seemed to be winking to the Left. Neither one of them - if McCain had been elected we'd still be where we are on gay rights.

    Gay   Rights   Winking  
    Source: thepointmag.com
  • Homosexuality is God's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't burdened with children.

  • When I kissed a girl, nobody was around. So I didn't do it for anybody. I'm not a lesbian. I encourage anybody to try anything, just make sure you have integrity and character. It doesn't matter who anyone loves. I am for gay rights and I also have a boyfriend.

  • I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian - for me - for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God's in the mix.

    Christian   Believe   Gay  
    Speech at the Saddleback Presidential Candidates Forum, transcripts.cnn.com. August 16, 2008.
  • I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council can sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method which might be used to justify the use of force against an independent sovereign state is inadmissible and can only be interpreted as an aggression.

    Independent   Gay   Keys  
    "G20: Russia says it will consider Syria military action but needs more proof". "AM", www.abc.net.au. September 5, 2013.
  • When all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.

    Barack Obama's remarks on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality at the White House Rose Garden in Washington, D.C., obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 26, 2015.
  • What I love about what I do is expanding people's minds on the topics of gender expression, gay rights, and most of all, entertaining them while I do it.

    Gay   Rights   Expression  
    Source: fierth.com
  • It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

  • If gays are granted rights, next we'll have to give rights to prostitutes and to people who sleep with St. Bernards and to nail biters.

    Sleep   Gay   Rights  
    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • By in large in this country the issue of gay rights and equality should be past the point of debate. Really, there should be no debate anymore.

    Country   Gay   Past  
    "“Why I Support the National Equality March”: NFL’s Scott Fujita Speaks Out for Gay Rights". Interview with Dave Zirin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
  • It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples.

    Couple   Gay   Rights  
    "First openly gay bishop Gene Robinson announces divorce from husband" by Martin Pengelly, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2014.
  • Growing up in the '80s, questions of style and music and youth culture all seemed inherently political - like gay rights issues, dressing up, wearing makeup, arms protests. A lot of attitude and opinions were expressed through clothes, and they all were meaningful. So in that way, I was so excited about the connection between our private lives and politics - who I kiss, how I like to dance.

    Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
  • Gay rights is not something most of us think about - because most of us happen to have been born straight.

    Gay   Thinking   Rights  
    "A conversation with Jodi about Sing You Home". www.jodipicoult.com.
  • Back in the eighties, people thought a vegan was someone from Vegas. It's a different world now and I feel lucky to have been a part of the revolution, both for animal rights and gay rights.

    Gay   Animal   Vegas  
    "Senior VP of PETA Dan Mathews: On gay rights, empathy for animals, and getting married under the Las Vegas sign". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
  • Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops here.

    Song: Silent Legacy, Album: Yes I Am
  • Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

  • Girls who put out are tramps. Girls who don't are ladies. This is, however, a rather archaic usage of the word. Should one of you boys happen upon a girl who doesn't put out, do not jump to the conclusion that you have found a lady. What you have probably found is a Lesbian.

    Girl   Women   Gay  
    FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Sep 23, 2011
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