| − | The Roman Law{{#tag:ref|The terms, concepts and principles of Roman law became the basis that grown into the contemporary Western and European [[legal]] culture with its generally recognized international terminology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Základy práva, potreba práva, podstata práva, spätosť práva zo štátom, vzťah štát – sloboda – moc. (The Law Fundamentals etc.) |publisher=Gymnázium Martina Kukučína v Revúcej |place=Revúca|url=http://www.gmk-ra.sk/dokument/pravo.doc |accessdate=October 26, 2014 |quote=Pojmy a princípy rímskeho práva sa stali základom, z ktorého vyrástla európska právna kultúra so všeobecne uznávanou medzinárodnou terminológiou.|language=Slovak}}</ref>|group=note}} (namely jurist ''Modestinus'') defined [[marriage]] (Latin: ''Matrimonium'') as a union between man and woman, an association for the whole life, a community of humane and divine life.{{#tag:ref|cf. ''"Homosexuals do not see marriage as an essentially divine institution."'' in [[Gnosticism#Gnostic_traits_in_LGBT_Ideology|Gnostic traits in LGBT Ideology]]|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|”Latin: ''Nuptiae sunt coniunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitae, divini et humani iuris communicatio”'' (D.23.,2,1)<ref>{{cite book |title=Rímske Právo (The Roman Law) |author=Karol Rebro, Peter Blaho |publisher=IURA Edition |place=Bratislava |pages=170 |isbn=978-80-8078-352-5|url= http://books.google.no/books?id=ph9GAAAACAAJ&dq=Rebro+Rímske+Právo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Hh1NVPSPJoutaYCvgdgL&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA|language=Slovak, Latin}}</ref>|group=note}} The main aim of the marriage was a [[procreation]] of [[legitimate]] children.<ref>{{cite book |title= Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law |Volume= 43 |author= Adolf Berger |publisher= American Philosophical Society |year=1968 |page=578|isbn= 9780871694324 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=oR0LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA578&lpg=PA578&dq=modestinus+matrimonium&source=bl&ots=sTJtR_iz8B&sig=HN2aeK9uPbkUei0coiPOdMnAXHk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bRdNVLLtK4XmaOmmgagP&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=modestinus%20matrimonium&f=false}}</ref> | + | The Roman Law{{#tag:ref|The terms, concepts and principles of Roman law became the basis that grown into the contemporary Western and European [[legal]] culture with its generally recognized international terminology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Základy práva, potreba práva, podstata práva, spätosť práva zo štátom, vzťah štát – sloboda – moc. (The Law Fundamentals etc.) |publisher=Gymnázium Martina Kukučína v Revúcej |place=Revúca|url=http://www.gmk-ra.sk/dokument/pravo.doc |accessdate=October 26, 2014 |quote=Pojmy a princípy rímskeho práva sa stali základom, z ktorého vyrástla európska právna kultúra so všeobecne uznávanou medzinárodnou terminológiou.|language=Slovak}}</ref>|group=note}} (namely jurist ''Modestinus'') defined [[marriage]] (Latin: ''Matrimonium'') as a union between man and woman, an association for the whole life, a community of humane and divine life.{{#tag:ref|cf. ''"Homosexuals do not see marriage as an essentially divine institution."'' in [[Gnosticism#Gnostic_traits_in_LGBT_Ideology|Gnostic traits in LGBT Ideology]]|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|”Latin: ''Nuptiae sunt coniunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitae, divini et humani iuris communicatio”'' (D.23.,2,1)<ref>{{cite book |title=Rímske Právo (The Roman Law) |author=Karol Rebro, Peter Blaho |publisher=IURA Edition |place=Bratislava |pages=170 |isbn=978-80-8078-352-5|url= http://books.google.no/books?id=ph9GAAAACAAJ&dq=Rebro+Rímske+Právo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Hh1NVPSPJoutaYCvgdgL&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA|language=Slovak, Latin}}</ref>|group=note}} The main aim of the marriage was a [[procreation]] of [[legitimate]] children.<ref>{{cite book |title= Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law |Volume= 43 |author= Adolf Berger |publisher= American Philosophical Society |year=1968 |page=578|isbn= 9780871694324 |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=oR0LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA578&lpg=PA578&dq=modestinus+matrimonium&source=bl&ots=sTJtR_iz8B&sig=HN2aeK9uPbkUei0coiPOdMnAXHk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bRdNVLLtK4XmaOmmgagP&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=modestinus%20matrimonium&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A Systematic and Historical Exposition of Roman Law in the Order of a Code |author=William Alexander Hunter |publisher=Sweet & Maxwell |year=1803 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5HgMAAAAYAAJ&q=Modestinus+D.23%2C+2%2C1#v=snippet&q=Modestinus%20D.23%2C%202%2C1&f=false}}</ref> |
| | The notion of [[objective]] truth and reality about humans as two equal and complementary sexes —male and female — was recognized also by modern-day scientists in the form of pictorial message consisting in figures of a man and a woman engraveded onto gold-anodized plaques, which were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 [[spacecraft]]s, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Message from Earth |author=Sagan C., Sagan L. S. and Drake F. |url= http://www.enterprisemission.com/images/plaque-2.jpg |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> It is also present in many cultural expressions such as Swedish musical ensemble [[Sweden#Some_Notable_Swedes|ABBA]]’s song “One Man One Woman.”<ref>{{cite web |title= One Man One Woman |author=ABBA |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaS5tc-a0M |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> | | The notion of [[objective]] truth and reality about humans as two equal and complementary sexes —male and female — was recognized also by modern-day scientists in the form of pictorial message consisting in figures of a man and a woman engraveded onto gold-anodized plaques, which were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 [[spacecraft]]s, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Message from Earth |author=Sagan C., Sagan L. S. and Drake F. |url= http://www.enterprisemission.com/images/plaque-2.jpg |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> It is also present in many cultural expressions such as Swedish musical ensemble [[Sweden#Some_Notable_Swedes|ABBA]]’s song “One Man One Woman.”<ref>{{cite web |title= One Man One Woman |author=ABBA |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APaS5tc-a0M |accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> |