Andrew Cuomo Quotes

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

Gay Marriage is the Civil Rights Issue of our time.

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and civil-rights questions presented, I support marriage equality for same-sex couples and believe that DOMA should be repealed.

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

Marriage equality is not an issue of politics: it is an issue of justice achieved by political means.

However saying that I totally support the concept of civil partnerships in the eyes of the law, and think it a disgrace that same sex couples have had to wait so long for legal rights, protection and recognition.

I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don't care if it's called marriage. I don't care if it's called, you know, domestic partnership. I don't care what it's called.

Marriage equality is not a choice. It is a legal right.

Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.

Same-sex marriage is not the future.

So many times I've heard people say that the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples won't really change anything other than some legal and financial stuff. It's a dumb argument: those legal and financial effects matter.

I think that every state in the union should recognize same-sex marriage.

Evan Wolfson is a dear friend of mine. Almost more than any other, Evan is responsible for bringing the issue of marriage equality to the forefront of our struggle for civil rights. He is a courageous pioneer who has been relentless in this battle for marriage equality.

I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing that.

I support same-sex marriage.

Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it.

I'd hesitated to have a wedding because my gay and lesbian friends don't have that right.

I don’t believe that opposite sex and same sex marriages are the same, but I do believe, with growing numbers of Americans, that the time for denigrating or stigmatizing same sex relationships are over.

Denying that the issue of marriage equality has changed is being on the wrong side of history and on the wrong side of love and commitment.

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.

Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.

The seeds of marriage equality... were planted on MTV.

We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.

I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter.

I'm personally supportive of marriage equality for gay couples and I believe that it will happen over time.