Existence Quote by Stephanie Coontz

I'm the only man who has a marriage license made out To Whom It My Concern .

— Nikhil Saluja

Exclusion of just one class of citizens from receiving a marriage license based upon the perceived 'threat' they pose to the marital institution is,…

— Terence C. Kern

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

— Corrine Brown

Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is…

— John Sununu

I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.

— Mickey Rooney

“If marriage licenses were like driver's licenses, only to be extended every two years if both parties agreed, life would be less complicated and…

— Joan Marques

“Why should love require a contract? Why put yourself into the clutches of the state and give it power over you? Why invite lawyers…

— Robert Silverberg

I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is…

— Laura Wasser

I would prefer every [American] state keep the definition of marriage that's prevailed in Western civilization for a couple thousand years.

— Gary Bauer

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

A marriage license should not be viewed as a license for a husband to forcibly rape his wife with impunity.

— Sol Wachtler

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