“The two top candidates for leader of the post-Bush G.O.P, Rush and Newt, have six marriages between them. The party that once declared war on unmarried welfare moms, homosexual ‘recruiters’ and Bill Clinton’s private life has been rebranded by Mark Foley, Larry Craig, David Vitter and the irrepressible Palins.”

“People magazine put us on the cover when we got married. And that felt like something big happened. That felt really good to me, that they could show two very happy gay people. ... I feel like we kind of get all the same stuff that any heterosexual couple would get in the public eye. And that is great, that is wonderful.”

“(Yes on 8 campaign manager Frank) Schubert says the ‘No on 8’ loss has ‘pretty much obliterated’ the gay leadership structure in California, so it’s ‘difficult to know what the other side will do, since there isn’t anyone in charge anymore. The evidence of that,’ Schubert further explains, ‘is that you have all of these grassroots groups getting involved without any input from the usual gay leaders.’”

“I have been, um, supportive of a lot of my friends who are gay in some of the core things that they believe are important to them. You know, the ability to be able to share in the information of your partner, to have the ability to – particularly in times of crisis – to manage their affairs and to help them through that as others – you know, as family members or others – would be able to do. I just draw the line at the gay marriage. And that’s not antigay, no. Heck no! It’s just that, you know, from my faith tradition and upbringing, I believe that marriage – that institution, the sanctity of it – is reserved for a man and a woman. That’s just my view. And I’m not gonna jump up and down and beat people upside the head about it, and tell gays that they’re wrong for wanting to aspire to that, and all of that craziness. That’s why I believe that the states should have an opportunity to address that issue.”