Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Quotes

I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said.

I don’t believe that opposite sex and same sex marriages are the same, but I do believe, with growing numbers of Americans, that the time for denigrating or stigmatizing same sex relationships are over.

The more gays and lesbians come out - the more people realize that they have a friend who's gay, which they may not have known before, and they realize this person has the same aspirations and desires and need to be committed and to be part of a community - then they become more accepting.

I've been standing with and united with the gay community. I know so many gay men and women that homophobia is such a baffling thing for me.

I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.

You can be gay and be proud of that and not have to worry about being unsuccessful or unaccepted.

My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.

I'm not homophobic and I'm not anti-gay.

Many homosexual couples in Korea are already together. They are not legally accepted yet, but I believe the Korean Constitution allows it. We are guaranteed the right to the pursuit of happiness. Of course, there may be different interpretations to what that pursuit means.

We need more gay in the world! I really believe that.

What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.

When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.

With all the people hating and hurting each other, I don't understand how people could get upset about people of the same sex caring for each other.

I have so many gay friends that I love.

I don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.

For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they're lies, you're free.

When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.

We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.

One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!

When I see gay people holding hands or kissing in the streets, I just don't think that's right.

In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with.

My kids will grow up in a house knowing that it's perfectly normal for two men to be in love, it's perfectly normal for two women to be in love. My kids will grow up knowing it's all about love. It doesn't matter who you're with and everyone should have that experience.

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.