The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that each of us is free to go our own way, even if the ways some of us may choose to go seem sinful or shocking to our fellow citizens.

But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it.

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.

Every American may have equal access to ice cream, but there's no guarantee that the outcome of eating ice cream will be equal.

The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H.

You can’t pray away the gay, but you can torture a conflicted closet case to death.

I'm 52, which means I don't really... I was never a person who celebrated birthdays to begin with. At this stage, it's certainly something that someone who made a big deal out of their birthdays in their 20s and 30s kind of hangs that up. Not because you're sad to be getting older. I'm thrilled to be getting older. I have so many friends who died when they were 25 and would be ecstatic to be here with me turning 50. It's a thrill and a privilege to still be alive.