“What the gay rights movement is fighting for is not just equality for gays but freedom of conscience to live openly according to their identity. I don’t think we should be in the business of being as intolerant of others as they were to us.”
— Jonathan Rausch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, arguing that gay-rights groups should be more willing to grant religious exemptions to individuals or organizations that oppose gay marriage. He was quoted by The Associated Press.
