Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that separation among individuals based on characteristics like race, gender, or sexual orientation is inherently unequal.
Gavin Newsom's quote points out that the fight for marriage equality reflects a deeper issue of separation and inequality in society. He argues that the substantial opposition against marriage equality reveals a recognition of the importance of the term 'equality' and the need for everyone to have the same rights and access to institutions, regardless of their differences in race, gender, or sexual orientation. This highlights the broader struggle against discrimination and the necessity of inclusive acceptance.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for LGBTQ+ rights.
If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.
It's terribly important that we extend the promise of equality that the Supreme Court and that the district court articulated in the DOMA case and in the Perry case to all Americans in all 50 states.
I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.
If a man can coach a female, why can't a female coach a male? When I was looking for a coach, the gender of the coach never occurred to me. It was about who I thought was good and who I could get along with and listen to.
If you believe, as I do, that merit is equally distributed between the sexes, then any result that isn't around half and half should be troubling.
In addition to being an economic security issue, the failure to pay women a salary that's equal to men for equal work is also a women's health issue. The fact is that the salary women are paid directly impacts the type of health care services they are able to access for both themselves and their families.
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