"We gay WWII veterans ... fought successfully for the protection and preservation of this country.... Excluding gays from our military lowers the quality of our armed services.... Let's get to work ... to remedy this intolerable situation for the unquestionable benefit of the country which we love ... and for which we must all fight yet again in a different way."
- Frank Kameny, SLDN National Dinner, October 23, 2002

"The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity."
- President George W. Bush, January 28, 2003