Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.

I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl the life I had before - being single in a band girls everywhere - would be over.

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony style joy and dignity he creates in his marriage and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse.

I was born to be married. I just feel comfortable there. I love the idea of being partnered for ever. I love my girlfriend we've been best friends since I was 18. There's not a thing we haven't been through except for marriage... We've had talks about what we would name our kids since we were in our 20s.

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar and my fans would not respect me if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other we have fun together - it's great.

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy and that is marriage. I think for instance that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president.

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 thought the divorce statistics would never apply to me. I was beyond heartbroken when they did. But I got up and got on with it. I also kept my belief in marriage.

Marriage is this grand madness and I think if people knew that they would perhaps take it more seriously.

The most happy marriage I can picture or imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.