David Blankenhorn Quotes

I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.

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

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense.

Marriage should be reinforced, not redefined.

I believe in traditional marriage.

The whole institution of marriage itself really has no place in a progressive society.

Americans value marriage. Washington taxes marriage.

[Marriage is] an institution, in the maintenance of which in its purity the public is deeply interested.

When I decide I want to have children with somebody, I think it would be nice to be married to that person.

Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

Marriage is like a formality for me.

Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

The institution of marriage holds society together. We can't replace the family.

Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it.

In my kids' school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.

There is an absolute necessity of marriage for the service of the state, and the solid advantages that arise from it.

The marriage institution, in its purity would serve as a vehicle of civilization among the natives. Their practice of polygamy would fade away if simply discountenanced, because this practice ever yields and vanishes before the light of civilization and Christianity…there should be intermarriage between white men and Indian women to produce new generations who would merge with the American people.

Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.

Marriage has been in a constant state of evolution since the dawn of the Stone Age. In the process, it has become more flexible - but also more optional.

Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts.

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.