Author: Andrew Sullivan

Quotes

Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

- Andrew Sullivan

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

- Andrew Sullivan

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

- Andrew Sullivan

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.

- Andrew Sullivan

When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.

When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.

- Andrew Sullivan

I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet.

I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet.

- Andrew Sullivan

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

- Andrew Sullivan

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

- Andrew Sullivan

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

- Andrew Sullivan

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