Last century we needed lawyers; this century we need big, broad coalitions. When extremists decide to attack all our communities, they must hope that there will be infighting. But we have stood all for one and one for all. That is how we will win.

The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected.

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

In a democracy there are only two types of power: there's organized people and organized money, and organized money only wins when people aren't organized.

I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley.

With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes.

In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures.