"As Americans, we respect human dignity ... That's why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We do these things not only because they're right, but because they make us safer." -— President Barack Obama during his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday
"It's just horrible. It doesn't matter if, you know, if you're Catholic, or Jewish, or Christian, if I'm gay or not gay or whatever. We should all be loving each other. I mean, there's no reason to discriminate." — Marjorie Silva, a cake decorator who refused to pen an anti-gay slogan on a client's cake and was reported to the Colorado Civil Rights Division
"We condemn these actions that have caused deaths and make an urgent appeal: stop killing your people; don't march on the ashes of your compatriots." — Cardinal Mosengwo Pasinya, Catholic leader in Democratic Republic of Congo, following the terrorist attacks against President Joseph Kabila's supporters
"Beginning November 30, 2013, every morning outside Studio 258, I placed a bouquet of flowers in bicycle basket until I am restored the right to travel freely. Day 420, January 23, 2015." — Ai Weiwei, Chinese dissident artist detained in 2013 for condemning the government
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