Mark Takano Quotes

I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.

I am not homophobic - in no way, shape or form.

We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.

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

I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation.

We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

I like to call the Department of Labor the Department of Opportunity, and that means opportunity for everyone - no matter whom you 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.

I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.

A lot of my friends are gay, and certainly I have no tolerance for anyone who has any sort of ignorance or restriction on people's lives or love lives.

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

Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.

You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.

I don't want people instructing me what to do with my body; I don't want the government to tell me what I can do in my bedroom, with my body, or with whoever I choose to love.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

I don't believe we ought to be discriminating against people for their private lives.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

I don't need my sexuality celebrated, and I certainly don't need it to be criticized. I didn't necessarily want it to be observed, but here we are.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

We are loyal Republicans. We believe in low taxes, limited government, strong defense, free markets, personal responsibility, and individual liberty.… We also believe all Americans have the right to liberty, freedom, and equality. Log Cabin stands up against those who preach hatred and intolerance. We stand up for the idea that all Americans deserve to be treated equal---regardless of their sexual orientation.

I believe in an America that does not discriminate because of sexual orientation.

I love seeing on Twitter when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'

All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.

Gay and lesbian people want to love and be loved. Some of us want to get married. Some want to have and build families. We want our kids to have their lives be a little bit better than what we've had.