Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage.
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to sanction your marriage and you have to bring your children up as Catholics.
I am not married yet, but I think ultimately in a good marriage it is the relationship which is the most important thing. It is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it is a one plus one equals more than two.
I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.
Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
I think the gay community should get smart and drop the word 'marriage.' Do you really need to change every right-wing Christian to make sure you get your equal rights? Eyes on the prize, we should be sticking to getting equal rights.
I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.
I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage.
Married life is the same as dating life, except now you have a ring, and the state of California has a vested financial interest in the outcome of your marriage.
In my kids' school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.
The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.
Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.
If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
The sweet companionship of eternal marriage is one of the greatest blessings God has granted to His children.
Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.
Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
Marriage has just never interested me.
Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan.
I highly suggest marriage to all my friends who are dating.
I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage.
But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death.
The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes proves otherwise, but this is owing to the parties themselves, who either rush into it without due consideration or fail in point of discretion in their conduct towards each other afterwards.
My parents separated when I was four. It wasn't the smoothest of divorces, but then as my mother always says, you can't have a passionate marriage without a passionate divorce.
I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I've picked myself up and gone on.
Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation.
I have never been in favor of gay marriage, and I am not in favor of gay marriage.
Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.
