John Sentamu Quotes

I believe in civil partnerships as it protects each partner. Whether I believe in marriage is a different thing.

Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.

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.

Marriage equality changed life for people.

… personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited, except for crime; that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership, and so recognized by law; that until it is so recognized, married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws, by every means in their power...

One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.

I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage.

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

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

If the rights of civil partners are met differently in law to those of married couples, there is no discrimination in law, and if civil partnerships are seen as somehow 'second class' that is a social attitude which will change and cannot, in any case, be turned around by redefining the law of marriage.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

I've learned that most of gay America is coupled up, or looking to be. No wonder gay marriage has such traction. So many of us are already in it, so of course we want the legal benefits.

Do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't.

It is absolutely right for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in different forms of relationships, including civil partnerships.

All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage.

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.

Gay marriage - it's not about two people being gay: it's about two people who love each other and who have decided to commit to each other for the exact same reasons any other couple would get married.

I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership. The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.

There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.

I have no objection to the concept of domestic partnership.

I think if two people love each other, they should be able to get married. That's pretty much simple.

I have an American son and an American partner, so marriage might logistically make sense at one point. My partner is a stay-at-home father, so if he wants to be on my health plan, or tax wise, or maybe on paper we want to have our I's dotted and our T's crossed, but emotionally, neither of us really feels the need for it.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

I've never felt any particular desire to be married.