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I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

If bigots oppose gay marriage so vehemently, it must be because marriage is a defining institution for them; gays will never be fully accepted until they can marry and adopt, like anyone else.

There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome.

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

There's still a great deal of bias about homosexuality.

Of course, the majority of us would speak up in the face of outrageous bigotry, but do we speak up in a social situation when someone casually refers to something as 'gay'? If we don't, we are standing with the homophobes whom we are quietly fighting.

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality.

I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore.