Akihiko Yokoyama Quotes

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn`t when I started.

Homosexuality is like the weather. It just is.

Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.

The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they`re called Republicans.

We`ve got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it`s not surprising airline stocks are going up.

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It`s the ones that become the friendships that last.

If you are a gay couple living in Alabama, you know one thing: your family has no standing under the law; and it can and will be violated by strangers.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn`t a profession, it`s a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you`re all set.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual.