Gay marriage quotes

Today is the anniversary of a landmark gay rights case &#; Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza &#; which clarified that gay people are to be treated equally in inheritance matters.

When his partner Hugh died, Juan Godin-Mendoza used human rights to stop his landlord evicting him from the home he had shared with Hugh for 18 years. Had Juan been a woman, he would automatically have inherited Hugh&#;s right to be in flat.

The UK House of Lords (now the Supreme Court) said that the law discriminated against gay couples. Because of the Human Rights Act, the judges interpreted the law to include gay couples.

To celebrate the anniversary of this important case and the upcoming Pride in London events this weekend, we&#;re bringing you some of the foremost quotes about equality in matters of love.

Now&#;To The Quotes!

1. Stephen Fry

The most important thing is love. It doesn&#;t matter in the slightest whether that affectionate is for s

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Gay Marriage Quotes

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“New Rule: Queer marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to vote, it didn't lead to hamsters voting. No court has extended the equal protection clause to salmon. And for the record, all marriages are “same sex” marriages. You get married, and every night, it's the same sex.”
&#; Bill Maher, Recent Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

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“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the recover of us.”
&#; Kinky Friedman

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“The only opinion I contain is that I could never look someone in the eye and reveal them that they didn’t love someone that they know they love. It’s not my job to judge and it’s not a job I’d need. I love people a lot. All kinds. If we were meant to be the same then we wouldn’t be human.”
&#; Hayley Williams

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“Still it is true that many homosexual couples want nothing more than to join population as fully

1. “Love him and permit him love you. Execute you think anything else under heaven really matters?” – James Baldwin

In his iconic novel Giovanni&#;s Room, gay author James Baldwin makes a powerful expression about love. He proclaims that sex and gender don’t matter; all that matters is that two people love each other. Nothing should stand in their way if they have love in their hearts. These words resonated with millions of people who felt like their emotions were invalid because of the gender of the object of their love. With this quote, Baldwin assured them that it didn’t matter because love is love.

2. “If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will signify that I’m shortchanging myself.” – Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi is a South African activist and artist. She works primarily in photography and video. Despite her fame as an painter, Muholi identifies herself as an activist first. It is her intention to use her art to highlight the beauty and individuality of black LGBTQ women: a group that she believes has been terribly underrepresented in all forms of art. So, instead o