Gary Bauer Quotes

Gayness is a non-issue.

You can't believe how pro-gay and pro-freedom-of-speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left.

When it comes to social issues, Republicans don't just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in explaining to voters what they believe, and why.

David Cameron can change the branding of the party, but he can't change the beliefs.

Establishing the rights for gay people to be married would cost the Australian government nothing financially and would gain for you worldwide respect from people like us and, of course, would change lives enormously - the lives of gay people and of their friends and of their families and therefore of Australia as a whole.

I knew if I waited long enough, the Republican Party would rock.

If I saw a restaurant owner refuse to serve a gay couple, I wouldn't eat there anymore. As governor of Indiana, if I were presented a bill that legalized discrimination against any person or group, I would veto it.

The Republican Party will never again be a majority party until we regain the confidence of the American people. I believe there is room for disagreement within the party, and we should not have litmus tests.

Conservatives don't need to change core convictions to embrace the growing support for equal rights for gay Americans.

I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.

If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

I’ve always been a supporter of Gay Marriage. There are all different kinds of people—left and right handed, gay and straight. And I don’t believe God made a mistake in creating them that way.

I've seen anti-Semitism essentially disappear in my adult life as a social and economic factor. There may be some nuts out there, but generally things are fine. I think the same thing will happen with gayness. We'll get to a point soon enough where it's not even an issue anymore. But progress can be slow

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

When I speak, I ask the people, particularly since there are many of us, 'Where will you spend your hard-earned money? Why spend it where it is not gay-friendly? Why should you spend your money in countries that are not gay-friendly just because they have beautiful beaches?'

My view is that Trump will not change the Republican Party, America's right-of-center party. If he brings in new followers, that's great, and well worth the effort, but he will not change the Republican Party.

Republicans do not believe in identity politics.

All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive instead of exclusive. We've said the Democratic Party has a great big umbrella, and everybody can be comfortable under that umbrella. If they didn't mean it, then it ought to be pulled apart.

If we want to be the big-tent party, if we want to be the party that is seen as the party that really stands up for the working class, we have to welcome people in and not just believe a certain way.

We're no longer saying that people who are pro traditional marriage are bigots, and we're also not saying that people who are, like me, a Republican that is for gay marriage, is less of a Republican.

I think the Republican party should be a broad party.

I don't fit into the traditional Republican box that the wingnuts who have hijacked my party think all Republicans should.

I have no problem with the Pride parade.

I don't understand what Republicans have to gain from appearing like we're mean to gay people.

I always wonder why Republicans hate gay marriage, because they certainly don't hate gay prostitutes.