“Someday the rest of the country will see it our way. The future is not with doctrinaire, theological, fundamentalist religion and loss of civil rights. The future is going to be with equal rights for all people and a rational spirituality.”

“It is the responsibility of Parliament to ensure that minority rights are uniform across the country. The government cannot, and should not, pick and choose which rights they will defend and which rights they will ignore.”

“I don’t support an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage. ... I think it’s a matter that should be left to the states. As a conservative, I don’t support constitutional amendments generally unless the cause is clear and evident. The issue here, of course, is that some people think a constitutional amendment is necessary in order to preserve the rights of the states. I happen not to come down on that side of the issue and, indeed, there are many Republicans who do [not]. I think if you looked at our national convention, for example, among the prominent speakers – Gov. Schwarzenegger, Rudy Giuliani feel the same way. It’s not an issue that sets the Republican Party apart in one great mass. It’s an issue upon which people differ.”