Effort Quote by Steve Schmidt

For some of my friends who raise personal objections to marriage equality, they still recognize the importance of being accepting. And many of them…

— Scott Fujita

After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of…

— Tim Johnson

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

— Bill Foster

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

“Those who are threatened by marriage equality are, many things suggest, as threatened by the idea of equality between heterosexual couples as same-sex couples.…

— Rebecca Solnit

[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do…

— Jay-Z

For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity…

— Benjamin Wittes

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages

— Barack Obama

In my heart, I know that marriage equality for every human being isn't a question of if, but only a matter of when. I…

— Russell Simmons

Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue.…

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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

— Andy Dunn

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