A mind is a wonderful thing to change.

I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.

For me, God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always been my closest friends in this journey.

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

I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.

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