00:00It's hard to face the truth that there were times in my life when if you had shown me exactly what it was inside me
00:06That made me gay
00:07I would have cut it out with a knife
00:20You may be religious and you may not but if you are and you are also queer
00:26and
00:27You have come through the other side of a period of wishing that you weren't
00:32Then you know that that message that this idea that there is something wrong with you is
00:37a message that puts you at war not only with yourself, but with your maker and
00:43Speaking only for myself. I can tell you that if me being gay was a choice
00:48It was a choice that was made far far above my pay grade
00:52And
00:54That's the thing I wish the Mike Pence's of the world would understand
00:58That if you got a problem with who I am your problem is not with me your quarrel sir is with my creator
01:05You
01:20Because it has made me more compassionate
01:23more understanding
01:24more self-aware and more decent
01:28my marriage to Chaston has made me a better man and
01:32Yes, mr. Vice president it has moved me closer to God
01:35So next time a reporter asked me if America is ready for a gay president. I'm gonna tell the truth
01:42I'm gonna give him the only answer that I can think of that's honest and it's this I
01:47Trust my fellow Americans, but at the end of the day
01:51There is exactly one way to find out for sure
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