He never drinks alcohol, citing a history of alcoholism in his family. He has sometimes quipped, "I'm the only Irishman you ever met that's never had a drink".
I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying one another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. (May 6, 2012)
