Marriage in our Constitution is very clear that it's a man marrying a woman, largely with a view to having a natural family, and if they are unable to do that, obviously then they can adopt.
Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
Hollywood was possible for a while! Why didn't I go along with it? Well, the other things that were pulling me back were more important. Being at home, being in the same marriage, these things enabled me to go off and travel in the first place.
Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?
Opera is the original marriage of words and music, and there's a theatre element, a dramatic element. It's right up my alley.
People might be surprised because I settled for an arranged marriage, but that's what's chosen for us.
Have you ever heard of a good marriage growing in front of the cameras?
I love being in a relationship, but marriage isn't for me.
I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.
Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.
I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks.
A hundred years ago, if you had a child out of marriage, you'd be a social disgrace. Today women feel comfortable enough economically and culturally to bring up a child without a recognized commitment from a man.
I think I tried to control situations within my first marriage and I wasn't the easiest person to live with.
When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely to be from a wealthy man, so she'll have a hard life trying to make ends meet for her growing family.
Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it.
You won't believe it, but for the first two years of our marriage I lived off my wife. Like every self-respecting man, I hated it.
In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.
Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each other's faults.
It is a mistake for women to think that life begins only with marriage. A woman can and must have an identity and feel useful, valued, and needed whether she is single or married. She must feel that she can do something for someone else that no one else ever born can do.
We need a Congress that understands the sanctity of life, the sanctity of traditional values, the sanctity of traditional marriage.
Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country club opens its doors to Jews. The university welcomes African-Americans. Heterosexuals extend the privilege of marriage to the gay community.
Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.
My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20.
After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want!
I think gay marriage should be the national law.
My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art.
Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.
Newlyweds, they have this ideal, this picture of what marriage is like, something similar of their favorite memories growing up. If only it were that simple.
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
