Michael Bloomberg Quotes

Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.

I'd always felt from as far back as I can remember that where the issue of marriage is concerned, individuals should have the opportunity to marry and not be discriminated against.

I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?

The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.

Just as states should not make laws based on race of who should be able to marry, they should not make laws based on sex about who can marry.

I believe in family values, and I believe that we all ought to be able to have a family and marry if you want to. I don't think the government should be in that business of denying people the fundamental right to marry.

My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and that's the position I take.

That's what this gay marriage thing is all about … poly-amorphous marriage … you can marry 18 people, you can marry a duck.

Government intrusion into the choice of a life partner encroaches on the intimate personal decisions of the individual. The relevant question is not whether same-sex marriage is so rooted in our traditions that it is a fundamental right, but whether the freedom to choose one’s own life partner is so rooted in our traditions.

I am proud to be the first Republican to support marriage equality; it is something I have had in my heart for a long time… Let’s open the floodgates and take this across America.

Gay Marriage is the Civil Rights Issue of our time.

On the issue of the gay marriage, I believe if people want to have private ceremonies, that's fine. I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal.

I believe in gay marriage.

When gay people can get married, then I'll get married.

If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our government stand in their way?

Marriage equality is coming, and not merely to a theater near you.

I think if two people love each other, they should be able to get married. That's pretty much simple.

After much deliberation, and after reviewing the legal, public policy and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed.

You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true.

It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.

I've never understood why we would want to deny all the joys - and the challenges - of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple - gay or straight - should be able to get married.

I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

I'm all for same-sex marriage.

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex?

I support same-sex marriage.