I Try To Be Grateful For The

My Truth Is That I Am A Gay American.

Civil Union Is Less Than Marriage. Marriage Is A Sacred And Valued Institution And Ought To Be Afforded Equal Protection.

At A Point In Every Person's Life, One Has To Look Deeply Into The Mirror Of One's Soul And Decide One's Unique Truth In The World, Not As We May Want To See It Or Hope To See It, But As It Is.

I've Never Been Much For Self-revelation. In Two Decades Of Public Life, I Always Approached The Limelight With Extreme Caution. Not That I Kept My Personal Life Off-limits; Rather, The Personal Life I Put On Display Was A Blend Of Fact And Fiction.

I Realized That I Had Screwed Up My Life Living Different Parts Of My Life In Different Places. I Wasn't Whole. I Wasn't Integrated. I Wasn't A Complete Person. And After That, Came Out, Spent Some Time At A Psychiatric Hospital.