Little Hawk.... does that mean that any relationship can be designated as "marriage" as long as the participants wish it to be so?....that may be alright for the "intellectuals", but there is a huge rump of the population, who need or wish to have their beliefs and lifestyle strongly defined.....and I would suggest that the traditional definition is the one favoured by the vast majority.

Personally, I think the institution of marriage is overated, but I would never allow that to colour my view of the dangerous and destructive nature of homosexual practice or the folly of attempting to normalise this practice by redefining traditional marriage to encompass it.