In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental…

Would we be a better society if we made marriage simply a private contract between two individuals, with no wider implications of kinship and…

— John Sentamu

The Constitution contains no 'dignity' Clause, and even if it did, the government would be incapable of bestowing dignity. ... Slaves did not lose…

— Clarence Thomas

Who ever thought that intimacy and spirituality [whatever that means] were freedoms? And if intimacy is, one would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged…

— Antonin Scalia

To allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine is to…

— Antonin Scalia

“What I am getting at here is that this religious institution we call church has become a simulacrum that rarely mirrors the ecclesia.”

— C Andrew Doyle

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.

— Ed Rendell

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic…

— Anonymous

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I’ve heard it said that the secret to a happy marriage is to simply talk a lot with your partner. One study showed that…

— Fumio Sasaki

When our kids are asked by their friends about the success of the longevity of our marriage, they simply joke that Tamar and I…

— Patrick Pichette

I think it's offensive to equate evangelical Christians, Catholics, others that view marriage as between a man and a woman, as being racist. We're…

— Bobby Jindal

“Single guys can easily simulate some of the joys of marriage simply by installing one of those GPS devices that use a woman's voice.”

— Barry Parham

The ritual of marriage is not simply a social event; it is a crossing of threads in the fabric of fate. Many strands bring…

— Neil Simon

Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.

— Peter Farb

We will never obtain God's kind of marriage simply by going along with the crowd, doing what everybody else does. We have to dig…

— Myles Munroe