Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.

Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights.

I do not favor same-sex marriage. I oppose same-sex marriage, and that has been my view. But, but if people are looking for someone who will discriminate against gays or will in any way try and suggest that people that have different sexual orientation don't have full rights in this country, they won't find that in me.

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.

I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

In some of the states in the U.S., homosexuality remains a felony.

I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

Homosexuality is anti-humanity.

The amendment "discriminates not only against people who want to be married, but also against the faith traditions" that deem homosexual marriage consistent with their religious ideals

Homosexuality is personal enslavement…. It is our children that is the prize for this community.

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.

Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people.

We had a gay marriage on 'Will & Grace' in 2000, 2001. And I was like, 'Gay marriage?' I mean, it was just really early.

I've got two young sons who, when I ask them and their friends how they feel about gay marriage, kinda give me one of those looks like, 'Gosh, Mom, why are you even asking that question?'

Gay weddings will be remembered as Tony Blair's greatest achievement!

I just don't know when, as a society... it sort of only became OK to represent gay people in the traditional sense, where they have a great job and well-adjusted parents and maybe a surrogate or adopted child. When was that the only way you could represent gay people?

The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.

To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.

I knew marriage was not the answer to changing the conditions for poor, black, queer folks. So I never felt compelled to get married - it just didn't seem important. But even if marriage wasn't right for me at the time, or a quick fix toward black empowerment, I found it repulsive that loving same-sex couples were refused the right.

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?

I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights, and we deserve them." As a model of activism, it's so wonderful what the community has been able to achieve towards goals like marriage equality.

I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages.

I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT.