Homosexual Marriages

According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, marriage is defined as "(1) the legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife" and "(2) a close union." This definition clearly identifies in one instance, a woman and a man joined together and in the next instance, a neutral non-gender merger. So, what is marriage exactly? Does the sex of the two partners define the relationship? Everyone agrees that it is the uniting …

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