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

I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we're better than other people. I really do. I think we're smarter and more talented and more aware. I d….

Obviously, there's a million things we're allowed to say on late-night cable that you're not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast..

Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth..

[The] idealization of marriage is typical of those who are excluded from it: priests, gays, adolescents. It shows an extraordinary willful blindness..

Maybe it's what we don't say/that saves us..

Italians' relationship to food is loving, informal, and gay..

Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted..

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, y….

The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, it's a faith issue, it's a religious issue..

Oh, no. I don't think I've ever really subscribed to that view, that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. Um, you know, I think that there's ….

I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco. Are you in favor of ga….

I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a college graduate, I'm African-American and I'm gay..

Surely all of us are nerved by one another, catch courage from one another..

I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's the football going? How's training going?' But it is what it is. And I just wish you guys would s….

Faggot isn't offensive to gays; it's got nothing to do with gays..

I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to t….

I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play t….

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I tho….

I'm Michael Sam, I'm a football player, and I'm gay..

I think gay people deserve all the same rights as everybody else, it's just that marriage is specifically for a man and a woman..