Civil Union Quotes

State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey.

Anytime Government gives you permission they let you know that you have permission by giving you a permit or a license. If you have a marriage license, what permission do you have to do now that you did not have permission to do before, who gave you that permission, and who gave them the authority to give you that permission in the first place?

I have no objection to the concept of domestic partnership.

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.

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.

I do believe in the traditional definition of marriage.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require.

I think people are free to marry any way they want to. But churches are free to set standards for marriage.

I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage.

I, having no legal means of divesting myself of these odious powers put on record a formal protest against the existing law of marriage.

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.

Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate.

I believe that anybody can cohabitate with whoever they want to, but marriage to me is, you know, between a man and a woman and I'm not going to be afraid to say it.

The right to marry is vital in society. It's a right that's older than the Bill of Rights because it goes back to the common law.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

Marriage is not common in Sweden.

The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.

I'm for gay elopement, not for gay weddings. I've been with my boyfriend for twenty years. I don't feel like that would validate our relationship in any way. But I would really fight for someone else to have the right. Just elope, though, please.

Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.

I believe in traditional marriage.

Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is.

Refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land.

Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.

Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.