Civil marriage like all civil rights provided by the government must be provided equally to all Americans.

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior unjust and unconstitutional.

I rise today in support of Bill C-38 the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law.

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

Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage' as it is called is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work and it is a gamble.

For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could with equal validity assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.

Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in and those inside equally desperate to get out.

In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.

True love is eternal infinite and always like itself. It is equal and pure without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.