Bills Quote by Jim Dobbin

After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation. This position doesn't require any religious denomination to alter any of…

— Tim Johnson

We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that…

— Enda Kenny

We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the…

— Ernest Istook

For some of my friends who raise personal objections to marriage equality, they still recognize the importance of being accepting. And many of them…

— Scott Fujita

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.

— Ted Olson

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

— Jeb Bush

The approach of recognizing marriage between two people, without limitations, responds to a problem of eliminating all types of discrimination in society.

— Miguel Diaz-Canel

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

If the rights of civil partners are met differently in law to those of married couples, there is no discrimination in law, and if…

— John Sentamu

[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do…

— Jay-Z

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

— Patrick J. Kennedy

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