Damage Quote by Jens Spahn

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

— Todd Akin

Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.

— Coretta Scott King

I don't think it's a great leap to go from civil unions to gay marriage - I may be in the minority in believing…

— Harold Ford, Jr

I think that people are concerned about the breakdown of the family but they also don't want to see discrimination against gays and lesbians…

— Barack Obama

Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

Families are not merely constructs of outdated convention, and traditional marriage laws were not based on animosity toward homosexuals. Rather, I believe that the…

— Charles T. Canady

When you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. The whole objective is the destruction of…

— Rafael Cruz

If there are rights or duties of people which are not guaranteed because they're part of a [de facto] union and not of a…

— Gianfranco Fini

I have no difficulty with the recognition of civil unions for non-traditional relationships but I believe in law we should protect the traditional definition…

— Stephen Harper

Everyone should know who really respects marriage - and who stands 'in cahoots' with the people legislating against queer families.

— Jonathan Capehart

“Social conservatives seem to see a bigger threat to marriage from committed gay couples who want in on it than from straight ones who…

— Margaret Talbot

Having a traditional view of marriage should not be seen as discriminatory, unfortunately the bill has promoted this notion. It has not created tolerance…

— Jim Dobbin