--- title: "4 Gay marriage Quotes By Dan Savage" description: "4 Gay marriage quotes by Dan Savage. Plus more from Dan Savage and more Gay marriage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg" --- > [...even if gay marriage were legalized there would still be gay men who didn't want to marry, gay men no other gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-there-would-still-be-gay-men-who/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg) > [Most Americans don't care about gay marriage. But it matters very much to the knuckle-draggers and Christianists and whack jobs in Bush's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/most-americans-don-t-care-about-gay-marriage-but-it-matters-very-much/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/dan-savage-2880_care_most-americans-don-t-care-about-gay-marr_552407.jpg) > [A lot of young people regard a threat against one person's sexual freedom as a threat against all of them, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/a-lot-of-young-people-regard-a-threat-against-one-person-s-sexual/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/dan-savage-2880_ambulance_a-lot-of-young-people-regard-a-threat-ag_1907033.jpg) > [Most Americans don't care about gay marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/most-americans-don-t-care-about-gay-marriage/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/dan-savage-2880_about_most-americans-don-t-care-about-gay-marr_2411543.jpg) ## Other authors on Gay marriage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/barack-obama/) - [Bill O'Reilly 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/bill-o-reilly/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edmund-white-31618.jpg) Edmund White 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/edmund-white/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ann-coulter-13539.jpg) Ann Coulter 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/ann-coulter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conan-obrien-24934.jpg) Conan O'Brien 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/conan-o-brien/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-maher-17979.jpg) Bill Maher 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/bill-maher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brad-pitt-19069.jpg) Brad Pitt 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/brad-pitt/) ## More by Dan Savage > [Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/preaching-to-the-choir-actually-arms-the-choir-with-arguments-and/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/bisexuals-need-to-recognize-that-their-being-closeted-is-a-huge/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/really-when-it-comes-to-gay-rights-there-s-two-wars-going-on-the/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-get-letters-every-year-from-women-who-think-valentine-s-day-is-an/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-allergic-to-dogs-so-i-couldn-t-even-adopt-what-gay-men-typically/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/and-that-really-captures-the-difference-for-the-bullied-straight-kid/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-constantly-reminded-of-how/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-think-the-best-thing-for-you-to-do-is-just-live-your-life-live-a/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/the-bible-is-only-as-good-and-decent-as-the-person-reading-it/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their interpretations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/there-s-a-big-mistake-the-left-has-made-with-talking-to-religious/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/the-mistake-that-straight-people-made-was-imposing-the-monogamous/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-got-picked-on-a-lot-even-by-teachers-too-i-liked-to-listen-to/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [“Either way... you've got to tell him--in no uncertain terms--to knock it the fuck off already. Don't be measured, don't wrap it up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/either-way-you-ve-got-to-tell-him-in-no-uncertain-terms-to-knock-it/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-wanted-to-be-a-priest-when-i-was-a-kid/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/when-you-re-young-and-queer-and-closeted-you-can-end-up-in-this-place/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gay-marriage/dan-savage/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gay marriage Quotes By Dan Savage", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...even if gay marriage were legalized there would still be gay men who didn't want to marry, gay men no other gay men would want to marry, and gay men who didn't want to leave the priesthood in order to marry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dan Savage" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-there-would-still-be-gay-men-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...even if gay marriage were legalized there would still be gay men who didn't want to marry, gay men no…” — Dan Savage", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most Americans don't care about gay marriage. 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