Ory Okolloh Quotes

President Obama says he wants to put an end to the policy, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Yeah, in the military. This is not to be confused with George Bush's policy, 'Don't Know, Don't Care.' That's a whole different deal.

The Clintons opposed gay marriage. They did don't ask, don't tell. They did the Defense of Marriage Act.

You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.

I'm for same-sex marriage.

I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'

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.

I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage.

We're talking about in the Proposition 8 case fundamental rights, civil rights. I offer no apology for the position I took in Prop. 8.

If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power?

It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.

Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.

Gay marriage is going to happen. It must.

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

Gay rights are perfectly compatible with fundamental Republican principles of limited government, individual rights and equal protection of the laws.

Gay Marriage is the Civil Rights Issue of our time.

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

Let gay people get married.

I was one of the first senators to support marriage equality, and led the effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

I'm a gay rights supporter. I'm a human-rights campaign initiative person.

For those who support same-sex marriage - and I support it without reservation - the ideal of equality and the belief in the dignity of same-sex relationships necessarily makes the issue seem a great deal like the civil-rights struggles of the past.

As long as gay people don't have their rights all across America, there's no reason for celebration.

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

To me gay rights is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment.