Quotes by Andrew Sullivan

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

You know, American citizens, I don't think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.

The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting.

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

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.

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