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The institution of marriage holds society together. We can't replace the family.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

The institution of marriage, if you look at it over many centuries, has come and gone.

Marriage is a unique cultural relationship that has a long-standing tradition and societal meaning, which should not be redefined by the courts.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family.

As marriage and the family institution constitute the foundation and chief cornerstone of civil society, it is of the greatest moment that the marriage-tie should never be dissolved save for the most urgent reason. I cannot assent, however, to the doctrine that it should never be dissolved at all.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

With children no longer the universally accepted reason for marriage, marriages are going to have to exist on their own merits.