Mike Huckabee Quotes

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

I do believe in the traditional definition of marriage.

Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.

Traditional marriage is what should be sanctioned.

We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently.

At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

I believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, the same as I've believed all my life.

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families.

I believe in traditional marriage.

[Marriage is] an institution, in the maintenance of which in its purity the public is deeply interested.

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.

We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.

Marriage has historically, as long as there's been human history, meant a man and a woman in a relationship for life. Once we change that definition, then where does it go from there?

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.

I believe the home and marriage is the foundation of our society and must be protected.

Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

Marriage is like a formality for me.

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

I'm a traditional wife in every sense.

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.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman.

If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.

In my kids' school, the married family is an anomaly... which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.