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Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done.

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and by every religious faith. It is in this institution that children are meant to be nurtured. We know this after thousands of years of human experience.

Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.

But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.

Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.

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

So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner til death do you part.

I support allowing gay couples to marry because of - not in spite of - my values. And many of those values are the same ones deeply held by those who do not believe in gay marriage.

Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.

Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it is common and they do not even notice.

I have exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. For the most part, these communications took place before my marriage, though some have sadly took place after. To be clear, I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I did not, I do ignore it.

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.

I was not looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.

If it is not working before you get married, marriage is not going to fix it.

I was a Christian. I did not want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26.