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Gays Quotes by Edmund White
- I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.
- If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until…
- AIDS had won gays sympathy; they no longer seemed the privileged brats that the general populace had resented in the 1970s.
- Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We…
- Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the…
- Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.
More Gays Quotes
- My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on… — Roseanne Barr
- I don't think there is any good answer to the question why shouldn't gays and lesbians who want to serve their country… — John Bolton
- As a lifelong pacifist, Quaker, and a gay man, I despair that gays and lesbians are expending energy trying to get into… — Ned Rorem
- Right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal… — Charlize Theron
- I'm not ashamed to be a Christian. But you don't have to be in the pew every Sunday to know that there's… — Rick Perry
- No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights… — Barack Obama
- A lot of my hair stylists and my beauty team that I work with are gay so I hang out with gays… — Britney Spears
- I really believe that the pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying… — Jerry Falwell
- To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and… — Chris Kluwe
- Most of the people...they say gays are born that way and it has been...proven...That is a lie. That's what's called a lie.… — Scott Lively
- We can't believe how many gays there are in heavy metal, people like... — Unknown Author
- We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who… — Barack Obama