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Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.

I'd always felt from as far back as I can remember that where the issue of marriage is concerned, individuals should have the opportunity to marry and not be discriminated against.

As individual people, embedded in our daily lives, of course we're interested in what makes one person different from another. We've got to hire one person and not another, marry one person and not another.

For some of my friends who raise personal objections to marriage equality, they still recognize the importance of being accepting. And many of them also recognize that regardless of what they choose to believe or practice at home or at their church, that doesn't give them the right to discriminate.

Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

You marry out of free will. If I marry, it will be from a personal choice, not some social compulsion or norm.

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

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

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

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.