> Second... Marriage, in my opinion, was created as a partnership to create a family.

I have a slightly off skew take on that. My guess is that marriage, as a social tradition, was originally created as a way to formalize a few things in a tribal situation. The most important was this: we now have *two people responsible* for keeping those annoying tiny people out of our stuff.

> Three:: If it's that big of an issue then put it to a vote and let the people decide.

Ah yes, the tyranny of the majority.

-brendan