Reggie White Quotes

One of my best friends growing up was gay. ... It’s never been an issue for me. ... I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay, because it just meant more women for me! ‘I don’t know why you guys have a problem with this thing! I think it’d be great! I wish everyone was gay!’ ... That’s always the way I thought about it. ... I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn’t they?

That pains me in my heart to think that someone who is gay would think that I don't love them and care about them.

Everyone deserves compassion.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

Friends accept you the way you are.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality.

I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias.

People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

If a person is gay and accepts the Lord, who am I to judge them.

Surround yourself with people who are going to support you regardless of what your sexual orientation is, and you can have a beautiful life filled with love.

Eventually my courageous Mom did something we do all too rarely. She got on a plane and she came to see me in L.A. - this place where we'd always been told sinners lived. She came to see my gay friends.

I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.

No matter where you're from, what you've done, who you are, what your family's done, it's like, you cannot be healthy without love.

I think for me, as a gay person, I can convince a lot more people to be for gay marriage by not screaming at them and berating them and embarrassing them and belittling them, but by showing them that we're all exactly the same.

My focus is on love and inclusiveness.

I am very public about my love for the people in my life, whether they are girls or boys.

I needed our fans to know they're loved and accepted, and fear isn't the way to go.

I have so many gay friends, and I love them so much because they're fun.

I think outing people is fear-based: the fear that if we don't out them, it will make things harder for all of us. It's important to treat people with love.

That's what friendships are, isn't it? You don't all have to be the same, as long as you've all got the same sense of humor and same attitudes on life.