Block Quote by Jim DeMint

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations…

— Randy Neugebauer

The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious…

— George W. Bush

Marriage is the basic building block of civilization. We are redefining it at our own peril.

— Hank Hanegraaff

Marriage ... has historically been a battlefield, the site of collisions within and between governments and religions over who should regulate it. But marriage…

— Evan Wolfson

Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that still surround…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

— Theodore Zeldin

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that,…

— Steve Chabot

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt…

— Andrew Schneider

Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization.

— Ken Blackwell

It will come as no surprise to anybody to know that I support the traditional definition of marriage as a union of one man…

— Stephen Harper

“Marriage between a man and a woman is central to God’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children. As such, traditional marriage is…

— LDS Church