Joe Solmonese Gay Quotations

She saw justice as a birthright and lent her voice as a relentless advocate for all fair-minded Americans, gay or straight, black or white. We join the nation in mourning the loss of a great hero and give enormous gratitude for all that she's left behind.

I was certainly disappointed. But I would trade that Oscar for all the positive conversations that this movie spurred between parents and their gay children, or between employees and their gay co-workers. That impact transcends any accolades.

When the church makes gay men a scapegoat for paedophiles, it ignores one problem and creates another. It does nothing to keep children safe or punish criminals.

Subtle changes can have drastic consequences for gay Americans looking to serve their country.

The church is making gay men a scapegoat for criminal pedophiles.

The fight for fairness isn't over, and we won't give up. These amendments are part of a long-standing effort by the extreme right to eliminate any legal recognition for gay people and our families.

When a man walks into a bar, asks if it's a gay bar and starts shooting, there couldn't be any more glaringly obvious and enraging example that we need a uniform hate crimes law and that Congress has stubbornly failed to act.

What the Church is doing, to the outside observer who reads this, is immediately equating gay men with the abuse that is going on here that is perpetuating something that is absolutely not true.

There were very few people standing up for gay Americans 34 years ago, ... And most who did have evolved even more since.