I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.

Being gay is a fundamental part of my being - the core of who I've always been, and the thing that I had repressed and run from all my life.

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality.

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

I have two extraordinary daughters, who, I can say proudly, are doing very well in school and in piano. Daughters are a father's joy.