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The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.

I am very proud to have kept my commitment to introduce the married couples' tax allowance. I think it will prove very popular. I think it's absolutely right that we recognise marriage in the tax system properly, and I would like to see that expanded.

The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not.

I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.