Defining Marriage

The same-sex marriage debate rages on. I found this article by R.R. Reno over at First Things. I would encourage you to read it...slowly. The language is not easy - it is loaded with legal terms. But Reno does a good job of framing the problem at the fundamental level - unwhittingly including the Doctrine of Vocation in which we are not all created equal, but we are each created with unique talents and gifts and are placed into institutions (spouse, child, parent, worker, citizen, etc) for service to our neighbor. And these individual gifts compliment one another.