Pam Bondi Quotes
Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.
Bondi, Pam. Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss. Brenner v. Scott, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 12 May 2014, p. 14.
Of course he did not oppose marriage when the parties were sterile or aged or could not otherwise bear children. The Amendment Failed.
The notion that the only purpose of marriage is to have and rear children has a long history. Even today in many countries and religions, inability to conceive children or the lack of doing so is grounds for annulment or divorce. It is only in relatively modern times that marriage has been seen as having other virtues to which these are not universally agreed.
Pamela Jo Bondi is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician. A Republican, she served as the 37th Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019.