Anderson Silva Quotes

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

I deal with a lot of wonderful gay people. I hire a lot of them. I use a lot of them. I respect them. They're terrific. I am good friends with them. But you live your life the way you want to live, and I'll live mine, and I won't stick my nose in yours.

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

My fellow band members don't discuss their loved ones, and I don't feel that just because I am gay, I should have to discuss mine!

Nobody should mistreat anybody. Homosexuals should not be mistreated. Heterosexuals should not be mistreated. Bisexuals should not be mistreated.

I myself know some people who are gay. We're on friendly terms. I'm not prejudiced in any way.

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

It's not so much whether you're gay or not, but whether you can own up to being gay and still have your job or serve your country.

I have friends who are in gay relationships and I don't think it's right for people to be against that.

I'm not homophobic in the slightest. I have lots of gay friends.

We don't have to treat homosexuals like they are aliens living amongst us. They are regular people.

I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.

I'm trying to tell kids if they are gay, it's OK to be gay. I've tried to tell families if they have a gay family member to accept them and love them as they always have.

I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.

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.

I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'

Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

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

I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.

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

I'm not against gay people.