Marriage Equality Quotes

• We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Gay, Reality, Needs

  "On gay rights and same-sex marriage, Cuomo's vision is national in scope" by Azi Paybarah, www.politico.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

  Barack Obama

  Sex, Couple, Thinking

  "Obama backs same-sex marriage". "Nightly News" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. May 09, 2012.

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• Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

  Charlize Theron

  Acceptance, Equality, Greater

  FaceBook post by Charlize Theron from Aug 23, 2013

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• ... fighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there-because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie. The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist.

  Masha Gessen

  Lying, Fighting, Gay

  "But it’s all about equality, right?" by Mark Powell, www.spectator.com.au. August 31, 2017.

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• No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.

  Anthony Kennedy

  Sacrifice, Two, People

  "Read the 7 Most Memorable Passages in the Gay Marriage Decision" by Ryan Teague Beckwith, time.com. June 26, 2015.

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• If anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing that we call life, I support that in any shape or form.

  Will Smith

  Gay, Support, Shapes

  "Will Smith backs Obama's gay marriage stance". www.yahoo.com. May 14, 2012.

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• I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.

  Sandra Lee

  Children, Gay, Rights

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• [on marriage equality] It literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.

  Trent Franks

  Running, Long, Survival

  "Rep. Trent Franks Calls Marriage Equality A 'Threat To The Nation’s Survival'" by Brian Tashman, www.rightwingwatch.org. October 28, 2011.

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• It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Night, Progress, Historic

  Twitter post from Jun 25, 2011

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• It is each American's constitutional right to marry the person they love, no matter what state they inhabit. No state should decide who can marry and who cannot. Thanks to the tireless work of so many, someday soon this discrimination will end and every American will be able to enjoy their equal right to marriage.

  Brad Pitt

  Gay, Matter, Able

  "Brad Pitt Strengthens Stand on Marriage Equality". people.com. July 5, 2011.

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• But perhaps the next step isn't to, once again, expand the otherwise narrow definition of marriage but to altogether abolish the false distinction between married families and other equally valid but unrecognized partnerships.

  Sally Kohn

  Next Steps, Definitions, Married

  "Prop 8: Let’s Get Rid of Marriage Instead!" by Sally Kohn, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2010.

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• I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Believe, Equality, Prudent

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• A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society's moral codes but rather to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution. [Legalizing "same-sex marriage"] is also a chance to wholly transform the definition of family in American culture.

  Michelangelo Signorile

  Sex, Fighting, Benefits

  "How We Got to the Supreme Court" by Michelangelo Signorile, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 25, 2013.

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• When all Americans are treated as equal we are all more free.

  Barack Obama

  Gay, Lgbt Pride, Treated

  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.

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• Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't.

  Ricky Gervais

  Marriage, Sex, Gay

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Apr 29, 2015

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• Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.

  Cory Booker

  Choices

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• I'm an American for marriage equality. I believe that love comes in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. So whether you're LGBT or straight, your love is valid, beautiful, and an incredible gift.

  Demi Lovato

  Beautiful, Believe, Love Is

  "Singer and Hardcore LGBT Rights Supporter Demi Lovato Made This Lovely Video for Marriage Equality" by Asawin Suebsaeng, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2014.

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• There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples to raise fewer children or impel married opposite-sex couples to raise more children. The Virginia Marriage Laws therefore do not further Virginia's interest in channeling children into optimal families, even if we were to accept the dubious proposition that same-sex couples are less capable parents.

  Henry Franklin Floyd

  Sex, Couple, Children

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• My mom has always been a big advocate, especially in the gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual community, so for me it's always been a part of my soul.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Mom, Gay, Bisexual

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• To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the same sex is cruel as well as unconstitutional. Classifying some families, and especially their children, as of lesser value should be repugnant to all those in this nation who profess to believe in "family values."

  Stephen Reinhardt

  Sex, Couple, Children

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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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• Obama is for same-sex marriage. If the President is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?

  Curtis Jackson

  Sex, President, Way

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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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• 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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• Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.

  John Legend

  New York, Rights, Victory

  "Lady Gaga, Pink, More React To New York Gay Marriage Bill" by Benjamin Wagner, www.mtv.com. June 25, 2011.

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