Lisa Murkowski Quotes

Well, you know, I just - I believe marriage should between a man and a woman.

My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights.

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.

I have a theory: I believe that with the advent of the United States and the lawful definition of marriage, it was defined as between one man and one woman. It was anti-polygamy, in effect saying no man can hoard his women.

I believe marriage should be between one man and one woman. That's my view, and that'll be the view of our state because I wouldn't sign a bill that - like the one that was in New York.

I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.

Families are not merely constructs of outdated convention, and traditional marriage laws were not based on animosity toward homosexuals. Rather, I believe that the traditional family structure - centered on a lawful union between one man and one woman - comports with nature and with our Judeo-Christian moral tradition.

Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.

There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman.

Homosexual marriage is counterfeit marriage.

The state does not belong in bedrooms. So I'm not authoritarian. I don't say: 'You shouldn't do this, you must do that.' What I do say is that the state must have a preferred model, and the model that has served us throughout the millennia is marriage - a man and a woman in a union that is generally open to procreation.

I have voted in support of efforts in the Senate to enact a Constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman only.

I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I unequivocally repeat: marriage in accordance with the Polish Constitution is a union between a man and a woman.

President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.