Another argument vaguer and even less persuasive is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

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.

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

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless and they should be called marriages.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness fewer marriages would end in tears.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

Remember that children marriages and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.