I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.
The truth is that many powerful guys have fooled around while working for the people. Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Warren Harding to name just a few. Grover Cleveland even fathered a child outside of marriage. We all know these things happ...
I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.
Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution.
The challenging times will bring you closer together in marriage.
Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.
I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.
The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them o...
What sort of job can you hold in America in which it is safe to hold the personal conviction that same-sex marriage is wrong? The answer: there is no such job. Except Democratic presidential candidate in 2008. Then you're fine.
President Bush has a record of cutting taxes, has provided a prescription drug benefit for seniors, has upheld the Second Amendment and remains committed to stopping liberal activists judges who are redefining marriage.
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.
Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
My characters always start well in movies. Almost every movie I've done starts with a happy marriage, it's all beautiful, wealthy, whatever... and then of course my husband leaves me, and everything falls apart.
I think marriage is all about timing.
It's always so hard when people assume someone cheated or broke up a marriage, when the truth may actually be much more complicated.
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
