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> [“What happy and successful single people are threatening is not the institution of marriage but the cultural consensus on its special value. Same-sex marriage does not threaten the institution of marriage, either. The sticking point (or at least one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bella-depaulo-ph-d/what-happy-and-successful-single-people-are-threatening-is-not-the/)

[Bella DePaulo Ph.D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bella-depaulo-ph-d/)

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> [I think marriage is a cultural thing - it's my opinion that nature doesn't tell someone to get married.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhay-deol/i-think-marriage-is-a-cultural-thing-it-s-my-opinion-that-nature/)

[Abhay Deol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhay-deol/)

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