Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Quotes

It is important that we return to the principles of the Dublin agreement and help Greece with European funds to accommodate refugees.

We pray for the many brothers and sisters who seek refuge far from their native lands, who seek a home where they can live without fear: that they might always be respected in their dignity.

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

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

I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights.

The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum is to find a country that's both willing and able to protect you from political persecution. In no way is asylum an endorsement of a country's politics, laws, or values.

I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.

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

A state that houses the NCAA headquarters. Quite frankly, if Indiana doesn't say that they're going to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, the NCAA needs to move out of Indiana.

Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.

Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I understand what it truly means to say that all people should be treated equally, and I'll always stand up for fair and equal treatment of gay and lesbian Americans.

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

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

Gays and lesbians began to gain civil rights when Americans realized that their brothers, cousins, daughters were gay.

But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.

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.

If we are endowed by our Creator with rights, then why shouldn't those be attainable by gays and lesbians?

And so I would not enforce a law that would reject people and turn them away without giving them a fair and due process to determine if we should give them asylum and refuge.

Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?

The greatest nation in the world should not have much to fear from a family, especially children, fleeing violence. More importantly, children fleeing violence ought to have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world.

European leaders cannot afford to be afraid. The refugee crisis is not one from which they can opt out. No magic wand will empower leaders to transport more than a million people back across the Aegean and the Bosphorus to Mosul and Aleppo, or across the Mediterranean to Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan.

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

History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.

Our asylum laws were written to protect victims fleeing persecution in their home countries. By limiting the scope of these laws and refusing to acknowledge gang violence or domestic violence as a valid reason to seek asylum, we are turning away women and children in grave danger.

We need to shift our focus from the debates about redistributing refugees within the E.U. and should concentrate more on external border protection.