All s, like all human beings, get many things wrong. Ronald Reagan's extraordinary achievement as of the U.S. was to succeed in getting the two biggest challenges of his time right: defeating the Soviet Union and reviving the American economy and spirit. Neither of those achievements was inevitable. Both were fiercely opposed at the time. But he persisted; his visionary focus matched only by a gentleness of character and a brilliance of rhetoric.

...when a reporter is quoting Sid Blumenthal on president Bush, you know he's scraping the barrel.

The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

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 essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.

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