Quotes from Alex Sanchez

What's unnatural is homophobia. Homo sapiens is the only species in all of nature that responds with hate to homosexuality.

the church should just stay out of people's pants.

The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise.

You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?

How is love between two people a sin? Love isn't about gender; it's about two souls uniting.

Pablito, the Bible was meant to be a bridge, not a wedge. It's the greatest love story ever told, about God's enduring and unconditional love for his creation--love beyond all reason. To understand it, you have to read it with love as the standard. Love God. Love your neighbor. Love yourself. Always remember that.

I know! It means when two boys are really happy 'cause they love each other." She laughed. He wasn't certain whether to laugh along with her—or cry.

Anyone who expects a person to change something as private and personal as who they hold in their arms at night needs to change their own judgmental attitude.

I mean, think about [the phrase 'love the sinner, hate the sin.'] Isn't it like saying, 'I love left-handed people but hate that they're left-handed.' Is that really love? Or is that saying, 'I'm willing to love you as I'd like you to be, not as you are'? Either God's love is unconditional or it's not.

Sometimes I look in the mirror and think I'm really good looking. Then other times I think my body's all wrong.

Maybe [Sodom and Gomorrah] isn't really about homosexuality, but about rape. If the angels had been female, and the men of Sodom said they wanted to 'know' them against their will, would people claim that the story shows heterosexuality is a sin?

I believe [the Bible] is meant to soften our hearts, not harden them.

Gay isn't wrong or right. It just is. What's wrong is hating yourself because of it. You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?

Playboy stretched his arm, patting Carlos on the back. Well, you know what they say: If you love someone, let'em go. If they don't come back, hunt'em down and kill'em!

How is love between two people a sin? Love isn't about gender; it's about two souls uniting. But okay, let's just suppose it is a sin. Then isn't that between God and the people involved? Who are you to judge? [...] Time and again, Jesus' message was, 'How can you say, Let me take the speck out of your eye, when there is a log in your own?

Sex is like math: Add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the legs, and hope you don't mult—

No, Manuel said firmly. Gay isn't wrong or right. It just is.

My Grandma once told me 'the Church should stay out of people's pants'.

If you think the sea is blue and I think it's green, why try to convince you?

I know! It means when two boys are really happy 'cause they love each other." She laughed. He wasn't certain whether to laugh along with her—or cry.

How is love between two people a sin? Love isn't about gender; it's about two souls uniting.

You're going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?

Anyone who expects a person to change something as private and personal as who they hold in their arms at night needs to change their own judgmental attitude.