Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.
Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon friendship.
If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.
In places where marriage's core meaning has been altered through legal action, officials are beginning to target for punishment those believers and churches that refuse to adapt.
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
There are two kinds of marriages - where the husband quotes the wife and where the wife quotes the husband.
I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't had those.
In those days, man, in the '50s, black people in the South... We didn't recognize contracts that much. And we didn't recognize marriages that much, either.
I feel like I've got this anti-marriage thing, but it's less that and more I'm overthinking it to get it right.
For some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy.
Marriages maybe made in heaven, but a lot of the details have to be worked out here on earth.
While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.
Nick Dunne: Do you really want to be the couple that has a baby to save their marriage?
Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage.
What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.
I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.
I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.
When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.
