[The questionnaire itself is] inconsistent and elliptical, ... In some ways, the most positive aspect is that she filled it out. |
Americans will see that when lesbians and gay men are given access to most of the rights and obligations of civil marriage, the sky will not fall and the institution of marriage will be even stronger. |
Gay people want the freedom to marry for the same reasons non-gay people do. |
I think it's terrific. I think (Feingold) has given one more indication that as people think this through, they realize, as he said, that it's time to end this discrimination. |
I think that the American people are grappling with this, but will respect leadership and will be willing to fight for a candidate's convictions. |
Instead, they're channeling their support to groups like 4-H Clubs, Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs and other youth programs that do not discriminate. |
It's emotional as well as economic, practical as well as personal, tangible as well as intangible. |
It's the same poison in a new bottle being presented for those who want to drink it. |
Judicial restraint is a buzzword just like activist judge. Everybody's in favor of judicial restraint, but what does it mean? If it means not acting as a check against majoritarian excesses or upholding constitutional rights against improper government action, then restraint is not something admirable. |
Most Americans assume they can get married anywhere they choose without discriminatory or unfair barriers. Unfortunately gay couples still do not have that basic fair treatment. |
The 1913 law is an artifact of an era of trying to block racial equality. It's serving its mission of discrimination. |
The Constitution was never amended to take away rights from a group of Americans. |
The right wing would love nothing more than for us to spend all of our airtime discussing distractions such as polygamy, bestiality and other — from their point of view — doomsday scenarios rather than engage the public about committed same-sex couples being discriminated against. |
There's never before been a chance in North America for businesses and states and others to grapple with the reality of a married couple before them who happened to be gay, and are we going to honor them or are we going to disrespect them? ... Freedom to Marry. |
They had a tremendous impact. Not just because they underscore that this is a civil rights question, but they're making it clear this is a question of fairness that affects real families, including Latinos and African Americans — many of whom are the most vulnerable when discriminatorily excluded from marriage. |