“The majority of Irish people have had enough of intolerance dressed up as liberalism”
Rosemary Scallon
“The real intolerance in Canadian society is shown by those who would deny people of faith the right to participate in public life.”
Stockwell Day
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”
Maya Angelou
“All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.”
Anna Quindlen
“Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality ... to LGBT men and women worldwide, let me say this: Wherever you live and whatever the circumstances of your life, whether you are connected to a network of support or feel isolated and vulnerable, please know that you are not alone.”
Hilary Clinton
“I think that we have in recent years entered a 'New Dark Age' in the Western world. It is marked by the rise of religious systems that seek to build security by encouraging prejudice against a designated victim ... the homosexual. It has become the religious hysteria of our day.”
John Shelby Spong
“Straight Americans need ... an education of the heart and soul. They must understand, to begin with, how it can feel to spend years denying your own deepest truths, to sit silently through classes, meals, and church services while people you love toss off remarks that brutalize your soul.”
Bruce Bawer