Equal marriage can refer to:
- The custom or legal requirement of Ebenbürtigkeit (marriage selection restricted by the principle of equality of birth) practiced by royalty in Europe and elsewhere; see Royal intermarriage.
- Same-sex marriage, as one of many synonyms.
Famous quotes containing the words equal and/or marriage:
“I consider it equal injustice to set our heart against natural pleasures and to set our heart too much on them. We should neither pursue them, nor flee them; we should accept them.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Thrift, thrift, Horatio, the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)