• Between a man and a woman is the historic foundation of civilization. (Wardle, p350, 2000)
• Traditionally, between a man and a woman, beginning with our first parents, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.• In Federal law under the Defense of marriage Act says the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife”
• A fundamental social institution, providing the foundation of a harmonious and enriching family life and the basic building block of our society.
