"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."
"We know that this is happening and that she is failing LGBTQ youth."
"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."
"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 ..."
"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 unc..."
"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."
"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."
"There is nothing holy about that. Nothing."
"I think that one of the largest threats that we face in our country today is the unmitigated assault on our democracy, and that starts with the assault on particularly African American and black voter..."
"You know, I am speechless, right, because, I mean, that is one of the things that we confront when those who are charged with carrying out our voting laws are also running for office and abusing that."