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Society is built on marriage ... marriage and its consequences.

— John Galsworthy

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

Society grants benefits and legal preference to traditional marriage, because traditional marriage benefits society.

— Mike Johnson

Marriage is an institution that existed before governments existed. It's something that reflects nature and reflects God and God's will for us. And both…

— Rick Santorum

In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today's decision might change the former, but…

— Clarence Thomas

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

— Hank Hanegraaff

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because…

— Rick Santorum

Were marriage no more than a convenient screen for sexuality, some less cumbersome and costly protection must have been found by this time to…

— Virgilia Peterson

Marriage is no longer the main way in which societies regulate sexuality and parenting or organize the division of labor between men and women.

— Stephanie Coontz

Marriage is an ongoing, centuries-long social experiment that is mostly controlled by the individuals in the relationships who insist on determining what the relationship…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Those who say marriage is no different to cohabitation are perhaps less sensitive to issues of continuity. Legally and socially, marriage provided us with…

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very…

— David Vitter