“Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”– Rick Santorum Related Quotes “I like marriage. The idea.”– Toni Morrison “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.”– John Sununu “Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?”– Ted Olson