Quotes for Feb. 8

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“We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage … turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”

— Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, as a federal appeals court ruled California’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.


“When we first got together, I would have never dreamed in a million years that we would be allowed to be legally married, and here we are.”

— Jane Leyland, who married her partner, Terry Gilb, during the five months when gay marriage was legal in California.

“We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage … turned out this way. But we are confident that the expressed will of the American people in favor of marriage will be upheld at the Supreme Court.”

— Brian Raum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, as a federal appeals court ruled California’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional.


“When we first got together, I would have never dreamed in a million years that we would be allowed to be legally married, and here we are.”

— Jane Leyland, who married her partner, Terry Gilb, during the five months when gay marriage was legal in California.