Argument Quote by Robert Lewis Hinkle

When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held [as views of…

— Robert Lewis Hinkle

Despite the vigorous policy and legal debates surrounding same-sex marriage, there is little disagreement about this: If the United States Supreme Court holds that…

— Pam Bondi

Yesterday the Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex marriage in Kansas. They didn't give a reason for the ruling, but then again when…

— Jimmy Fallon

Having a traditional view of marriage should not be seen as discriminatory, unfortunately the bill has promoted this notion. It has not created tolerance…

— Jim Dobbin

Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states.

— Barack Obama

It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody…

— Barack Obama

A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause.

— Lisa Madigan

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that…

— Enda Kenny

I really can't imagine how anyone could, in good conscience, oppose the proposition that the states should be able to deny the status of…

— Charles T. Canady

But fairness is where we’re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out…

— Frank Bruni

A Miami judge issued Florida's first gay marriage license yesterday, which makes it the 36th state to legally perform gay marriages. Of course, most…

— Jimmy Fallon

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

— Patrick J. Kennedy