“A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia...” — Dan Savage Quote

“A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.”

“Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America - as many as 10 million children. And it does nothing to make their lives more stable and secure to attack their families, to attack their parents to prevent us from marrying each other.”

“When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.”

“Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking.”

“In the 1970s, what I, as a young foreign student studying in the United States, found most dynamic, exciting and impressive about this country is what much of the world continues to value most about the U.S. today: its open intellectual culture, its great universities, its capacity for discovery and innovation.”

“Increased airlift capacity empowers peacekeeping missions to respond rapidly to threats against civilians, move freely to monitor and report on human rights abuses, and support medical and casualty evacuations for peacekeepers.”