“Let there be no doubt that there will be a time, perhaps not long from now, when Americans will shake their heads that such bigotry against gays and lesbians could prevail in the early years of the 21st century. The arguments against allowing same-sex couples to marry will then seem as universally ludicrous as the notion that anyone in modern history could defend segregated schools, separate drinking fountains or prohibitions on mixed-race marriages.”

“New York’s top court rules gays can’t marry ’cause heterosexual unions are too unstable! The bizarre … ruling on July 6 actually declared that lawmakers could rationally believe that because man-woman ‘relationships are all too often casual or temporary’ they require a special ‘inducement in the form of marriage and its attendant benefits’ for them to commit for the welfare of accidentally conceived children. Despite the myth that gay couples are the unstable, irresponsible ones, the court weirdly concluded that because gay couples’ children are wanted and planned – not ‘a result of accident or impulse’ – those of us who’re gay can legally be denied marriage licenses in New York state.”

“I never really tried to hide it [my homosexuality]. I just lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do, but I didn’t put it in anybody’s face.”