Gay wedding quotes
Need some wedding quote ideas for your wedding speech?
We’ve compiled this list of what we think are some of the leading same-sex wedding quotes around. Let us know if they help you when you’re writing your vows or any share wedding quotes you love with us.
Fiction is a fascinating lens through which to see real life. It describes and explores genuine experiences and perspectives in a way you might not otherwise encounter or be familiar with.
Romantic and poetic words of literature
The romantic and poetic words of literature can often be the perfect way to describe and encapsulate real life, real marriage, and real love and, with that in soul, we bring together 25 inspiring wedding quotes from LGBTQ+ fiction, 5 films inspired wedding quotes, 15 literature-inspired wedding quotes and 2 extra-bonus, just because it’s a special day.
Queerby William S. Burroughs
‘I might well destroyed myself, termination an existence which seemed to offer nothing but grotesque misery and humiliation.
Nobler, I thought, to pass away a man than reside on, a sex monster.
It was a wise antique queen–Bobo, we called her–who taught me that I had a duty to live and bear my burden proudly for al
5 Gay Playwrights to Quote in Your Gay Wedding Ceremony
Famous playwrights disseminate wisdom of passion and life
Gay American playwrights have helped defined the cultures that they lived in but also the gay trial throughout the ages. With the facilitate of Questia’s roundup of contemporary queer American poets and playwrights, here are five gay playwrights whose words of wisdom can improve a same-sex wedding ceremony.
Oscar Wilde is known for his poems, short stories, fairy tales, plays and novels. He achieved success as a comic playwright with The Importance of Being Earnst in 1895 and was found culpable of “homosexual offenses” and imprisoned. He lived from 1854 to 1900. Though often quite a cynic, some of his famous phrases are good for creating a certain tone in your wedding ceremony:
“Everything widespread is wrong.”
“To treasure one’s self is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
Tennessee Williams became a writer after college and wrote concise stories, novels, poetry, essays and screenplays. He’s most noted for his screenwriting, including having penned The Rose Tattoo (1951), A Streetcar Named Desi
50 Kickass Quotes About Gay Marriage
By Lorenzo Jensen III
1.
There’s no such thing as gay marriage,
Now it’s just marriage.
—Love Won2.
It doesn’t contain any effect on your animation. What do you care?! People try to talk about it like it’s a social issue. Like when you see someone stand up on a speak show and say, How am I supposed to explain to my children that to men are getting married? I dunno. It’s your shitty kid. You fuckin’ tell ‘em. Why is that anyone else’s problem—Two guys are in LOVE and they can’t get married because you don’t want to talk to your ugly child for five fuckin’ minutes?
—Louis CK3.
My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to cherish and be loved, and that’s the position I take.
—Nick Jonas4.
Equality. Absolutely. That’s what defines us. It’s what makes us fantastic. If it doesn’t sit adequately with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that’s us. We’re equal.
—Brad Pitt5.
It’s two people that are in love with one another. What’s the issue?
—Janet Jackson6.
I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.
—Kinky Friedman7.
There are only two
In quotes: Gay marriage debate
MPs have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to get married. Here are some key quotes from the debate:
Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller
"Marriage is one of the most important institutions we have, it binds society and families together, it is a building block that promotes stability. This bill supports and cultivates marriage."
Shadow minister for women and equalities Yvette Cooper
"Call us hopeless romantics, dial it the triumph of hope over experience - most of us assume when people like each other and want to produce that long-term pledge, that is a wonderful thing. So why would we stop a loving couple getting married just because they are gay?"
Stephen Gilbert, Liberal Democrat
"We have come a long way in a short room of time but it is absolutely right we grab the next step and delivers packed legal equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in our country. This view is one that is borne of a hatred of discrimination and prejudice of all types, whether it's about gender or skin colour or religion."
"True Christians are not bigoted and this is actua