Can't you see that marriage is a fundamentally different institution?

If we repealed all the laws of the world, ... marriage would still exist.

Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

You end up with people in the worst possible circumstances: without any job.

I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order.

It was Lincoln who said that if you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? The answer is four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. And calling a civil contract between consenting adults a marriage does not make it a marriage,