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The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of

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. – Jon Meacham

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Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power. – Jon Meacham

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Education
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The attacks of September 11 – and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas – embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others. – Jon Meacham

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power
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Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith. – Jon Meacham

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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. – Honoré de Balzac, The Physiology of Marriage

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At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman. – Sam Brownback

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Marriage

Well I dont know that Im okay any more than anyone else is okay, I lead a happy life and a very full one – I have a happy marriage and my kids are all cheerful, and no one is finding fault with me, personally. – L. Ron Hubbard

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The music at a marriage procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers entering on a battle. – Heinrich Heine, “Thoughts and Fancies,” translated from German by John Snodgrass

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Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. – John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, 1863

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Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated. – Henry Rollins

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Theres always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope. – Jonathan Sacks

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Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but dont be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on. – Robert Griffin III

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