I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend... to that legal entity of a union between what traditionally in our Western values has been defined as between a man and a woman. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Defining marriage is a power that should be left to the states. Moreover, no state should be forced to recognize a marriage that is not within its own laws, Constitution, and legal precedents. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>