Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. – Jack Kingston
Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights. – Jack Kingston
But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage. – Jack Kingston
Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children. – Jack Kingston
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? – Ted Olson