Bloomberg wrote in the Guardian: "As long as government is in the business of handing out marriage licences, all couples – regardless of their sexual orientation – deserve equal status in the eyes of the law".
The issues already cited about the absent of class, race and economic orientation deserve inclusion.
"We don't take a Muslim on a whim, or a gay in May, or a teen not mean, from Yemen, when?" exclaimed Jackson, who said wandering Yemenites, persecuted for their sexual orientation, deserved a new start in Iowa.
But now their stories must take a place in history, next to Brown vs. Board of Education and Loving vs. Virginia, in order to confirm what our great Constitution already tells us is true: that separate is not equal, and that all men and women, regardless of skin color or sexual orientation, deserve equality.
"In New York, we believe that all people -- regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation -- deserve the same rights and protections under the law," Cuomo said in a statement accompanying his executive order.
"We are reaching out to all of our patients, employees and physicians to reinforce our culture, mission and beliefs that all individuals regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation are deserving of dignity and respect". .
The crucial normative ideal underpinning this model is liberal and cosmopolitan in orientation: all individuals deserve an equal chance to participate in the rule-making that governs their lives.
The Hetrick-Martin Institute believes all young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.
The world has developed societies based on principals of tolerance: societies that believe all are welcome (regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, ability, or sexual orientation), societies that believe everyone deserves fair treatment and equal opportunity.
But Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Yoshino argue that behavior -- language, hair style, sexual orientation -- makes you who you are and therefore deserves the law's protection.
