09/16/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"A constitutional amendment should never be undertaken lightly."
"If our laws teach that marriage is the sacred commitment of a man and a woman, the basis of an orderly society, and the defining promise of a life, that strengthens the institution of marriage."
"American democracy, not court orders, should decide the future of marriage in America."
"The union of a man and woman in marriage is the most enduring and important human institution."