Zitat des Tages von Andrew Sullivan:
The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.
If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.
When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.
The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans.
My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.
The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics.
In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.
No American should be forced to choose between their spouse and their country.
How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?
Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.
Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is.
I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.
There is something about hearing your president affirm your humanity that you don't know what effect it has until you hear it.
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.
When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.
The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.
I think if someone is writing continuously for 10 years and has not changed their mind about something - there's something wrong with them. They're not really thinking.
