Same Sex Marriage Quiz: Does your Member of Congress or candidate for Congress say "Yes, I Do!" to marriage equality?
Read the same sex marriage quotes here of those who do.
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ARIZONA - CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
"One of the most basic principles of our great nation is our respect for personal freedom, and I am committed to protecting the freedom of each and every American. The government should not determine what marriage is or is not. That is up to the people in the relationship. I also support equalizing the treatment of same-sex couples and families. The civil rights of all Americans should be honored and strengthened. That is one of my top priorities in Congress."
Source: email to eQualityGiving
CALIFORNIA - SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI (D)
Nancy Pelosi as a guest on Fox's Neil Cavuto show on March 24, 2004:
"Can same sex couples marry?" Cavuto asked.
"Yes," Pelosi responded.
"So what the mayor of San Francisco is doing, you would approve of it?" Cavuto asked.
"Yes," Pelosi said.
Source: www.talkleft.com/story/2004/03/24/859/62953
On multiple other occasions Speaker Pelosi has reiterated her support for same sex marriage equality.
GEROGIA - CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS (D)
"It is time to say forthrightly that the government's exclusion of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters from civil marriage officially degrades them and their families. It denies them the basic human right to marry the person they love. It denies them numerous legal protections for their families.
This discrimination is wrong. We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred, and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry."
Source: www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/25/at_a_crossroads_on_gay_unions
MASSACHUSETTS - SENATOR TED KENNEDY (D)
"I congratulate the California Supreme Court on its recognition that true equality demands that all people have the right to marry and form families. Massachusetts has recognized the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry since 2004 and our experience has refuted the critics. We only strengthen our society when we allow all our citizens to enter into a solemn commitment to share in life's joys and difficulties."
Source: kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=AE91C589-F969-43AD-8042-73DDF7B1CC3D
MASSACHUSETTS - CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK (D)
"I congratulate California's Supreme Court for recognizing that all of California's citizens are entitled to basic civil rights; and I can assure the people of the state that the result of this decision will be to improve the quality of life of tens of thousands of Californians who will now be able legally to express their love for each other, while having no negative effect whatsoever on the overwhelming majority of Californians who will choose not to marry someone of the same sex."
Source: www.house.gov/frank/caruling051508.html
NEW YORK - CONGRESSMAN JERROLD NADLER (D)
"Governor Paterson's directive makes clear his commitment to provide equal treatment and protection for gay and lesbian couples that live in New York. While we remain determined to achieving full marriage equality in New York, this directive is a welcome step in the right direction. It is a strong affirmation of the simple fact that gays and lesbians deserve equal justice under the law. I applaud Governor Paterson for doing the right thing."
Source: www.house.gov/list/press/ny08_nadler/Nadler_Applauds_Pattersons_Gay_Marriage_Directive_052908.html
OHIO - CONGRESSMAN DENNIS KUCINICH (D)
"There should be a federal law that would allow gay couples to be married, rather than leaving the matter to the states. We cannot have states making separate rules with respect to basic human rights."
Source: www.cleveland.com/kucinich/plaindealer/index.ssf?/kucinich/more/1058348272157840.html
RHODE ISLAND - SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D)
"I support the right of states to allow same-sex marriage. It is wrong for the federal government to intervene in what has always been a state issue -- the regulation of marriage. I think it is particularly wrong to amend the Constitution to single out gay people and prevent them from exercising their rights."
Source: www.ontheissues.org/Domestic/Sheldon_Whitehouse_Civil_Rights.htm
VIRGINIA - CONGRESSMAN JIM MORAN (D)
"He supports loving, monogamous couples getting married," said Dan Drummond, Moran's press secretary. "He believes that if two men or two women are in a loving relationship, who is to say they shouldn't?"
Source: www.washblade.com/2004/4-16/news/localnews/moran.cfm
WISCONSIN - SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD (D)
"Gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry and have access to the same rights, privileges and benefits that straight couples currently enjoy. Denying people this basic American right is the kind of discrimination that has no place in our laws, especially in a progressive state like Wisconsin. The time has come to end this discrimination and the politics of divisiveness that has become part of this issue."
Source: www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/04/04/3
Read also his superb speech against the Federal Marraige Amendment
WISCONSIN - CONGRESSWOMAN TAMMY BALDWIN (D)
"I believe in full marriage equality for gays and lesbians. Our constitutional system - the checks and balances between the three co-equal branches of government - was created to ensure the protection of minority rights, and throughout history many groups of individuals have sought such protections from their government. Today, people who want the protections of marriage laws for their same sex partnerships are petitioning their government."
Source: tammybaldwin.house.gov/issues_CivilRights.html#8
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