We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.
Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
There is no denying that unhappiness - even violence - exists in some arranged marriages. Or that some arranged marriages are borne out of cruelty. And part of that six percent global divorce rate can be attributed to the powerful stigma against divorce that's present in countries where arranged marriage is common.
I never thought I'd spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity I'd never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really.
It is only after you are able to stand on your own feet, or have the confidence that you can stand on your own feet, should you look at doing things such as marriage or setting up a family.
Despite the vigorous policy and legal debates surrounding same-sex marriage, there is little disagreement about this: If the United States Supreme Court holds that states must sanction same-sex marriage, then Florida's contrary laws must fall.
I think marriage is a cultural thing - it's my opinion that nature doesn't tell someone to get married.
The culmination of a long struggle was 2013, which could clearly be labeled the Year of the Gay. State after state had legalized gay marriage, despite intense opposition from the religious right.
What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film so you've got to make sure that it's really something that you want to live with for three years or however long it is. So I haven't found the right thing to marry yet.
Marriage is not super-important to me - most end in divorce. I love the idea of being with someone forever, but I don't think it happens very often.
I don't believe what I do outside my profession is anybody's' business. And that includes a personal thing like pregnancy or even marriage.