| − | 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 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=67, 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|quote=Nemožno prehliadať, že rímskoprávna terminológia sa stala prevažne medzinárodnou právnou terminológiou a že až dodnes sa v právnickej literatúre a vyjadrovaní používajú ako odborná výzbroj rôzne rímskoprávne definície, maximy, sentencie a aforizmy. Faktom je že nejeden pojem z rímskeho práva sa stal súčasťou európskej právnej kultúry, dokonca aj právnych poriadkov, ...Manželstvo (matrimonium) 1. Tak agnátska, ako aj kognátska rodina zásadne predpokladali manželstvo (''matrimonium'' alebo ''nuptiae''). Právnik modestinus definoval rímske manželstvo ako "zväzok muža a ženy aceloživotné spoločenstvo, spoločenstvo podľa božského i ľudského práva" - ''Nuptiae sunt coniunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitae, divini et humani iuris communicatio (D.23,2,1)'' Rimania nepokladali manželstvo ani za sviatosť, ani za zmluvný vzťah alebo za vzťah podobný zmluvnému vzťahu, ale jednoducho za spoločnskú skutočnosť, ktorej priznávali právne účinky. V dôsledku toho bolo manželstvo skutočným životným spoločenstvom muža a ženy s manželským povedomím a náklonnosťou (''affectio maritalis''). Toto manželské povedomie, totiž vôľa byť si navzájom manželom a manželkou, nebolo iba predpokladom vzniku, ale bolo trvalo podmienkou existencie manželstva.|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> |
| − | Taking into account all known aspects and arguments, it makes sense to formulate the following postulate related to human beings and their institution of marriage: Humans consist of two equal and complementary sexes —male and female, meant for mutual married relationships that would promote childbearing. That does not necessarily mean that every person will be married, or that every married couple will have children, but that this is the normative, typologically functional, natural and proper setting for human sexual relationships.<ref>{{cite web |title= Gay ‘marriage’ and the consistent outcome of Genesis compromise |author= Jonathan D Sarfati |publisher=creation.com |date= June 30, 2012 |url= http://creation.com/gay-marriage-genesis-compromise}}</ref> | + | Taking into account all known aspects and arguments, it makes sense to formulate the following postulate related to human beings and their institution of marriage: |
| − | Now the new question, subject to evaluation by the thought experiment, i.e. scientific device used for evaluating the nature of things, is whether, taking into account also the theory of law, the institution of marriage could be possibly extended to cover also same-sex couples. | + | {{quotebox|Humans consist of two equal and complementary [[sex]]es —[[male]] and [[female]], meant for mutual married relationships that would promote [[Parturition|childbearing]]. That does not necessarily mean that every person will be married, or that every married couple will have children, but that this is the normative, typologically functional, natural and proper setting for human sexual relationships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gay ‘marriage’ and the consistent outcome of Genesis compromise |author=Jonathan D Sarfati |publisher=creation.com |date= June 30, 2012 |url=http://creation.com/gay-marriage-genesis-compromise}}</ref>}} |
| | + | Now the new question, subject to evaluation by the thought experiment, i.e. scientific device used for evaluating the nature of things, is whether, taking into account also the theory of [[law]], the institution of marriage could be possibly extended to cover also same-sex couples or also so called same-sex '''multi-partner unions''' promoted by [[LGBT]]I activists.<ref>{{cite web |title=BREAKING: Obama Champions Gay Task Force’s ‘Creating Change’ Conference – Which Promotes ‘Kinky Sex’ (Sadomasochism) and Multi-Partner Unions |publisher=Americans for Truth |url=http://americansfortruth.com/2013/01/25/breaking-obama-champions-gay-task-force-creating-change-conference-which-promotes-sadomasochism-multi-partner-unions/ |quote=The Task Force will present its “Leather Leadership” award to Race Bannon, a “kinky sex” (BDSM) activist who led the way in pressuring the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to de-stigmatize sadomasochism. Bannon lives in San Francisco in a three-way (“triad”) sexual relationship with two other men, according to his bio found on page 38 of the Creating Change program (see graphic at right): “Race lives in San Francisco where he’s been in a triad (poly) relationship with his two partners, Jim and Mike, for over 16 years.” ... Gay Task Force “Creating Change” program announces “Leather Leadership” award for sadomasochism activist Race Bannon. It reads in part: “Kinky sex has been one of Race Bannon’s passions…Race is a co-founder of Kink Awareness Professionals; a leader of The DSM Project that led to a beneficial change in the way the psychotherapy profession views kink; author of the best-sellier “The Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun BDSM Lovemaking”;…and a member of Chicago Hellfire Club….Race lives in San Francisco where he’s been in a triad (poly) relationship with his two partners, Jim and Mike, for over 16 year.”|accessdate=9 Jul 2016}}</ref> |