“The truth is, the notion that gay marriage is harmful to marriage, is sort of mind-boggling, because these are people trying to get married. But it seems to me, if you want to defend marriage against something, defend it against divorce.”

—  Cokie Roberts

Real Time with Bill Maher (6 August 2004)

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