Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.
Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.
I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.
The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.
The ability for employment benefits to be shared among spouses, the ability to move people who are dependent on visas for trailing spouses, all hinges on being able to deal with families of gay people in the same way that you deal with families of straight people. Otherwise, they can't move around.
I'm always going to support the LGBT community and equal rights for the LGBT community.
Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.
There is so much work to be done to treat gays and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples with the respect that they're entitled to. They deserve, in my judgment, partnership benefits. They deserve to be treated fairly when it comes to adoption and immigration.
I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.
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