Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.

Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.