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Our equality bill is specifically designed to protect religion and belief on exactly the same terms as race or gender or sexuality.

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that the right of marriage in the civil law is not extended to same-sex couples.

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.

Codifying discrimination in our laws should be something we read about in American history, not on the front pages of today's American newspapers and magazines.

The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

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

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

It's just better to promote love and fairness and equality than it is to promote something you think is based on your religious beliefs.

We live in a world where equality is pretty important.

I'd always felt from as far back as I can remember that where the issue of marriage is concerned, individuals should have the opportunity to marry and not be discriminated against.