“I joined the gay liberation movement in 1972. If you had told me in 1972 that in the year 2009 I would be campaigning for the right to join the Army or get married, I think I would have started dating women at that time. I have no personal desire to get married whatsoever and I certainly have no desire to be a soldier. I’m old school, I’m from gay liberation. We wanted to end war forever and smash the patriarchy, and these are values I still hold dear, but I believe that any person who wants to get married should have that right, and I know that gay, lesbian and bisexual people serve with distinction in the Armed Forces and that when they are killed, supposedly serving our country in these wars that I personally do not support, their partners back home do not receive death benefits. So ... it’s about the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution and the basic civil rights to which all people, including our people, are entitled.”

“My first date with my girlfriend Susan was at a shooting range. That was awesome. It was ladies’ day on the range. Her sister is a lifetime NRA member and she was organizing ladies’ day on the range at her gun club. And so we shot AiR-15s and we threw tomahawks and we did archery and pistols and skeet. Susan was really good with skeet. She was wearing a dress. I mean, first date, right? So we’re trying to impress each other. She’s all dressed up to the nines, with this giant shotgun.”

“My lesbian friends’ children are becoming teenagers. It was a big deal for about 10 minutes and now everybody goes through the same crap that everyone goes through in life. It’s lovely to see families show up in all different ways and that the pervasive issue is how wanted and loved the children feel.”