I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. Andrew Sullivan More Quotes by Andrew Sullivan More Quotes From Andrew Sullivan What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore politics requires a form of discourse that is reasonable and accessible to believer and non-believer alike. This religious restraint in politics is critical to the maintenance of liberal democracy. Andrew Sullivan democracy religious may I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world. Andrew Sullivan letting-go people thinking Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit. And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value. Andrew Sullivan fashion responsibility animal If religion is about truth, why is it so afraid of error? Andrew Sullivan errors ifs When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum." Andrew Sullivan eight mother said 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. Andrew Sullivan gay couple law The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit. Andrew Sullivan romantic-love love-you love-is I think a blog to live really has to be probably four or five times a day. Andrew Sullivan five four thinking In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual. Andrew Sullivan live-free attachment way I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq. The best bet is that the president doesn't actually know what's happening there, is cocooned from reality, has no one in his high-level staff able to tell him what's actually happening, and has created a culture of denial and loyalty that makes fixing mistakes or holding people accountable all but impossible. Andrew Sullivan loyalty mistake reality 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. Andrew Sullivan gay successful romantic What I love about the Internet and what I try to do on the issues is insist upon the ability to have bad taste if one wants. Andrew Sullivan issues want trying When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses. Andrew Sullivan popular-vote tiny minorities The Dixiecrats meet again in New York. Now they're called Republicans. Andrew Sullivan republican new-york Bush has legitimized a huge expansion of the welfare state, liberalizing immigration, and using force for democratization abroad. All the next Democratic president has to do to finish Bush's hard work is to raise taxes to pay for it all. Andrew Sullivan hard-work president pay I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter. Andrew Sullivan honesty integrity thinking I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities. Andrew Sullivan enjoy political people I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. Andrew Sullivan ideals stills feels It is not an opinion that "enhanced interrogation techniques" are torture. It is a legal fact. And it is also a legal fact that the president is a war criminal. Andrew Sullivan interrogation-techniques president war The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day. Andrew Sullivan new-york-times reputation new-york
