Quips & Quotes

“Adoptive families come in all forms. With so many children waiting for loving homes, it is important to ensure that all qualified caregivers are given the opportunity to serve as adoptive parents, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or marital status.”

– President Barack Obama in a National Adoption Month proclamation

“You may be able to pat yourselves on the back today and say that you did something, but in actuality, you’re explicitly outlining how to get away with bullying. Your exceptions have swallowed the rule. As passed today, bullying kids is okay if a student, parent, teacher, or school employee can come up with a religious or moral reason for doing it.”

– Michigan State Senator Gretchen Whitmer spoke out against a bullying bill that has religious exemptions

“Today I know that I was deceiving myself. But back then, I thought that every sentiment or attraction was a mere case of ‘temptation’ and that it could be overcome with prayer and dedication to god. In the group, we used to think, basically speaking, that being gay was a sin, which should be confessed and abandoned and, therefore, we would proselytize, counsel, pray, preach, recommend certain books, read the Bible – things that believers usually do, but focusing on homosexuality itself; unfortunately, always demonizing homogenic love. It was an act of violence against ourselves.”

– Former ‘ex-gay’ leader John Aravosis

“That God who gave us rights also gave us a responsibility and laws by which our civil laws have to comport with. A higher law. God’s law. I’ve been out there doing that. I’ve been fighting these battles again on religious liberty because those two institutions … the church and the family … are the things that will suffer most if gay marriage is put in place.”

– GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum