“Look at the backlash to same-sex marriage. It polarized a whole contingency of voters that might not have voted, but they’re absolutely going to vote because of that one issue.”

“Dubya [is] so utterly empty and blank eyed and falsely pious, he is but a lint speck on the coattails of time and you just know that you could poke him with your middle finger and all that would pour out would be sawdust and a bunch of tiny ball bearings.”

“Do you really believe that the Jesus who was depicted in the Scriptures as being on the side of those who were vilified, those who were marginalized, that this Jesus would actually be supporting groups that clobber a group that is already persecuted? That’s a Christ I would not worship. I’m glad that I believe very fervently that Jesus would not be on the side of gay bashers. To think that people say, as they used to say, that AIDS was God’s punishment for homosexuality. Abominable.”

“I feel most comfortable with the way it is right now [in California with comprehensive domestic partnerships for same-sex couples but no access to full marriage]. Eventually in a few years from now, you can readdress it again and see what the people of California think. You cannot force-feed those kind of things.”