If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
Interpretation
Life revolves around the universal need to give and receive love, and neglecting this for personal gain is futile.
Gavin Newsom's quote reflects on the fundamental nature of human existence, emphasizing that our time on Earth is limited and inherently linked to our ability to love and be loved. He warns against sacrificing this essential aspect of life for political or personal reasons, suggesting that such a life would lack meaning and fulfillment.
In practice
During a speech about community values.
Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.
Love adds a precious seeing to the eye.
Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.
Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.
Dating a new man is like holding a strawberry milkshake; first the taste, then the pleasure.
The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry. The girl who will be mine will have skin so soft and tender, and when it comes December, her skin will be my wine.
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