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There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

— Keith O'Brien

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.

— David Vitter

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.

— Karl Rove

I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.

— Zak Orth

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

— Theodore Zeldin

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

— Gene Robinson

Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes, and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies.

— John Sentamu

There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.

— Iain Duncan Smith

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

— Carson Daly

Culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. Now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.

— Mitt Romney

✗Opposing Perspectives

Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships.

— Rick Santorum