Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy.