#gays

We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ↗

— John Lewis

#equal-rights #gays #lesbians #racial-discrimination #sexual-orientation

Same-sex couples should have equal rights to full benefits both state and federal level. I support repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell because it hasn't worked and military should based on conduct not your sexual orientation ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#lgbt-rights #equality

I support same-sex civil unions and I believe no should be denied their rights ↗

— George W. Bush

#gays-and-lesbians #lgbt-rights #equality

There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration. ↗

— John Edwards

#benefits #comes #couples #deserve #done

Are not the gays who seek the right to marry, to formalise their commitment to each other, holding up a mirror to heterosexuals who are marrying less frequently and divorcing more often? ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#each #frequently #gays #heterosexuals #holding

Many people secretly think that gays are a lot happier than they are, and want to punish them. ↗

— George Weinberg

#happier #lot #many #people #punish

I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it. ↗

— John Bolton

#answer #any #country #gays #good

Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#churches #dominated #gays #history #life

I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#american #attitude #daughters #doctors #feel

We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law marriages. Gays are productive people. Some fly airplanes, some work in breweries. ↗

— Pete Coors

#benefits #breweries #demonstrate #fly #gays