What I believe is that marriage is between a man and a woman but what I also believe is that we have an obligation to make sure that gays and lesbians have the rights of citizenship that afford them visitations to hospitals that allow them to be to transfer property between partners to make certain that they're not discriminated on the job.

Having federal officials whether judges bureaucrats or congressmen impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle not a bed of roses.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social - or sexual orientation. But at the same time I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman.

I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero.

I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

As to marriage or celibacy let a man take which course he will he will be sure to repent.

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.

I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually our constitutions expand liberties they don't contract them.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes and far more expensive.

There is hidden or flaunted a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

Marriage is a financial contract I have enough contracts already.

I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there and the couples live happy lives and there's nothing wrong with it.

I might be celibate but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Marriage is an exercise in torture.