Allow Quote by Juan Williams

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage…

— Barack Obama

Equal civil marriage should, and likely will, pass because of the public's growing unwillingness to sustain inequality.

— Tom Suozzi

Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots…

— Jonathan Haidt

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

— Helene D. Gayle

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

When men and women fail to form stable marriages, the result is a vast expansion of government attempts to cope with the terrible social…

— Maggie Gallagher

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

— Anonymous

All of us, wherever we happen to stand on the marriage equality issue, can agree that all our children deserve the opportunity to live…

— Martin O'Malley

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

— James McGreevey

I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of an advanced…

— Anthony Burgess

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.

— John Sentamu

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.

— Eleanor Holmes Norton