Marriage equality Quotes · Page 2

Marriage equality changed life for people.

— Andrew Cuomo

It's detrimental not to support marriage equality, even just on a financial level.

— Courtney Act

I'm personally supportive of marriage equality for gay couples and I believe that it will happen over time.

— Steve Schmidt

Marriage equality is not an issue of politics: it is an issue of justice achieved by political means.

— Andy Dunn

I don't want to get married until all gay people can get married.

— Lena Dunham

“Happiness is not marriage; it is what you build in one another through the hardest times.”

— Shannon L. Alder

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

There are moments where history is made... This is one of those moments.

— David M. Louie

On a serious note, I stand by Obama on marriage equality! I believe ALL families deserve the same rights

— Connor Barwin

I was one of the first senators to support marriage equality, and led the effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

Once both gay marriage and marijuana are finally legal, those of you against them are not invited to the really fun parties…

— Zach Braff

Public attitudes follow real life experience, and as marriage equality has spread to more communities, Americans have seen more freedom, stronger families,…

— Ken Mehlman

The marriage equality ruling establishes for the American public where the majority already are - which is that love is love and…

— Ted Lieu

“Marriage equality is a threat: to inequality. It’s a boon to everyone who values and benefits from equality. It’s for all of…

— Rebecca Solnit

In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools -…

— Lady Gaga

Marriage equality is a very middle-class issue and voting rights is a very working-class issue. If you do not vote, who are…

— Darryl Pinckney

Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person

— Anonymous

Senator Sessions has opposed protections for LGBT individuals. He's spoken out against Freedom Corps' marriage equality decision. He opposed the repeal of…

— Patrick Leahy

To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the…

— Stephen Reinhardt

From the new hate crimes law to the repeal of DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' to the emerging popular support for…

— Tom Perez

“I understand those who, for religious reasons, just can't go along with this. If a church wants to refuse same-sex couples the…

— Anonymous

I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights,…

— Leo Varadkar

A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage…

— Michelangelo Signorile

As an actor, you just want to work, and then you just want to be on a show or have a job…

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I didn't know I was a gay icon. I get a lot of mail - but I don't get many bad letters…

— Betty White

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

— Charlize Theron

I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

— Bill Foster

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

— Cyndi Lauper

Marriage equality is coming, and not merely to a theater near you.

— Suzanne Brockmann

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

— Bryan Cranston

Marriage equality is "a threat to the nation's survival in the long run."

— Trent Franks

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

— Curtis Jackson

I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people we want to love.

— Carrie Underwood

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

— Barack Obama

“I prefer to think of marriage as an equality of give and take.”

— Mary Balogh

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

— Hillary Clinton

“The last time I was this confused I was watching a Fassbinder film.”

— Ken O'Neill

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

— Dean Hamer

“If heterosexual people can get married then gay and lesbian people can get married too”

— Paul Martin

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

— Sandra Lee