Matt Foreman Quotes (26 Quotes)

The data show that under any scenario you use, people are going to get more money from the current system than risking any of it in the stock market, ... Fundamentally privatization is bad for gay people and straight people alike.

This is part of the church hierarchy's calculated and frankly, evil campaign to scapegoat gay people for the decades of appalling sex abuse of children and young people that it alone created, nurtured, and covered up, ... abject, willful negligence of the hierarchy.

I think people have thought more about gay families in the last two years than in the previous 30.

The statement released today is representative of the Ford Motor Co. that we've known and respected for years, not the company that was alleged to exist over the last two weeks.

We applaud Ford Motor Company for taking such a firm stand on behalf of our community - pledging to continue support for our community's organization and events, and increasing - not decreasing - its advertising in our community's publications to include all Ford brands. This is a very positive, welcome outcome.

Today, after 30 long years, the people of Washington state -- through their legislature -- stood up to the threats, bullying and fear-mongering of the forces of political and religious extremism and said no to discrimination.

This has extraordinary significance in its own right Chris will be the second most powerful person in the largest city in America. In terms of raw political power, the size of the city budget and the Council's powers, she will become the most powerful openly lesbian or gay official in the country.

For his entire adult life, John Roberts has been a disciple of and promoted a political and legal ideology that is antithetical to an America that embraces all, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, ... I have no doubt he's an accomplished lawyer and an affable dinner companion, but that doesn't make him any less a mortal danger to equal rights for gay people, reproductive freedom and affirmative action.

We've had 19 consecutive votes on same-sex marriage bans, ... Eighteen states have passed them.

The ball is in Ford's court to set the record straight. We expressed our view. Now it's up to Ford.

Public sentiment is moving very quickly on this. I think this could actually backfire. Most people are worried about the war, the economy, jobs, the environment. We have real issues to deal with and these people are running around demonizing minorities.

These tremendous leaders advance Dr. King's vision of the 'beloved community' -- activism that moves beyond securing individual rights to a broader understanding of building a just and compassionate society for all people.

This is a psychologically ruinous industry. I hope that this report helps to shine a bright light on their practices and leads to increased oversight of the programs.

It was a much needed victory for the national movement because we've experienced so many defeats over the last year over marriage equality. It shows that dogged grassroots organizing can lead to crucial wins at a statewide level.

Our discussion was straightforward and direct. We made progress, and it is worth giving them more time to respond.

From the beginning, Mrs. King understood that homophobia is hate, and hate has no place in the Beloved Community that she and Dr. King envisioned for our nation and our world.

Giving a speaking opportunity to anyone from the ex-gay movement is wrong. It needs to be repudiated at every step, not given a pulpit.

The Task Force thanks the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Watch for their efforts to promote pro-gay policies at the United Nations. It is repugnant that the self-proclaimed 'leader of the free world' will align itself with bigots and tyrants at the drop of a hat to advance the right wing's virulently anti-gay agenda.

Never before has the House of Representatives voted to protect transgender people in any way.

Houston is responsible for 30 percent of the vote in an off-election year like this,

The thing about him, he's really just scratching the surface of what he can jump. The jumps he's putting together right now are good and they're exciting, but it's nothing compared to what he's got in him.

The burden is really on them to make this right and set the record straight.

a calculated campaign to blame gay men for the church's own criminal conduct in fostering and covering up decades of sex abuse.

I had very high hopes about this decision.

The church hierarchy is attempting to scapegoat gay people for its own failure to address the sexual abuse of children and young people that it alone created and covered up. The evil in this is that they are trying to equate being gay with sex abuse, which is appalling.

This is such a much-needed victory for our national community, because we've experienced so many losses, ... We've got to press forward on nondiscrimination protection, and not let marriage continue to swamp the movement.