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If you change the society and a culture, the politics will follow.

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy.
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The New York Times had not become The New York Times overnight. It had to earn its reputation day-by-day.
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I think sex is completely absurdly demonized in our culture. But in the end, however much sex you want to have, with however many people in how many ways, to be loved and to love is what human beings really want.
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I enjoy being around people who disagree with me and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities.
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Here’s why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.
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What modernity requires is not that you cease living according to your faith, but that you accept that others may differ and that therefore politics requires a form of discourse that is reasonable and accessible to believer and non-believer alike. This religious restraint in politics is critical to the maintenance of liberal democracy.
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Not many people sleep with other men and when the other man leaves have a nervous breakdown.
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Even if it's deep unhappiness, it's your unhappiness.
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Homophobia whether internalized or externalized is really fear it's not hatred, it's fear. It's fear of the truth about ourselves.
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When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, Then there's no hope for me, Mum.
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