Quotables

“Alan was basically put to death.”

—GARY NICHOLS, whose depression-prone brother was killed under Canada’s permissive euthanasia laws. Alan Nichols’ euthanasia application listed only “hearing loss” as a reason.

“We could not be more proud of this language.”

—GRETA CALLAHAN, president of the teachers unit at the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, referring to a Minneapolis teachers’ contract that exempts minority teachers from seniority-based layoffs.

“Often, the unlicensed religious professionals call us to complain that we are making their lives more difficult, and that is precisely the point.”

—CASEY PICK, a senior fellow for LGBTQ advocacy group the Trevor Project, speaking to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in favor of governmental restrictions on “conversion therapy.”

“We can’t postpone life, because we don’t know how long life lasts.”

—MARYNA, a 24-year-old who visited the Civil Registry Office in Kyiv, Ukraine, with her fiancé Eugene, a soldier. The Los Angeles Times reported weddings have surged eightfold in Ukraine’s capital amid the war with Russia.