I cannot--it is very difficult to sit here and listen to arguments in the long history of this country of using Scripture and weaponizing and abusing Scripture to justify bigotry.

I know, and it is part of my faith, that all people are holy, and all people are sacred, unconditionally, and that is what makes faith sometimes--that is what prompts us to transform because it is unconditional.

There is nothing holy about rejecting medical care of people, no matter who they are, on the grounds of what their identity is.

I am tired of it. My faith commands me to treat Mr. Minton as holy because he is sacred.

The appointment of one gay person to an important post does not compensate for the systematic discrimination against LGBT people.

I say religious liberty does not extend to firing people based on who they are.

I thank my colleague from New York, Representative Espaillat, for holding this incredibly important hour on not just the climate crisis but the Green New Deal, in particular. As I was preparing for this evening, I would be remiss but to…

LGBT children are very, very vulnerable. The rates of suicide are much higher among this--among young Americans who are LGBTQ.

It is not up to us to deny medical care. It is up to us to feed the hungry, to clothe the poor, to protect children, and to love all people as ourselves.

Sometimes, especially in this body, I feel as though if Christ himself walked through these doors and said what he said thousands of years ago, that we should love our neighbor and our enemy, that we should welcome the stranger, fight for…

The government has to be this neutral place, neither favoring or disfavoring any religion.

We know that this is happening and that she is failing LGBTQ youth.