Well, I said two articles, but all I can do is read this and say, Wow.
It is refreshing to see intelligence articulated so well. What more can be said.
I wish I said it this way, I will have to plagiarize/steal this for myself;
"Marriage is not an elastic term. It is immutable. It offers the very best for children and society. We should not adulterate nor mutilate its definition, thereby denying its riches to current and future generations."
So what was it called prior to the invention of Judaism when two people chose to devote themselves to one another, live together, and love each other?
Marriage existed long before religions that condemn homosexuality did. That being the case, to presume a marriage must conform to how it's defined by those religions is faulty reasoning.
Adam and Eve weren't married by the way, nor is any ceremony described in Judaism beyond 3 requirements: coin of low value being given to symbolize how one provides for their spouse, a written contract detailing promises and obligations, and an oral agreement that marriage is what's occuring. This establishes a mostly civil contract moreso than some religious rite which was designed to unite two families into one moreso than celebrate anyone's love for each other. Marriage for love is still relatively new. Until recently marriage had nothing to do with love as was a business arrangement. Just as any two legal-adults may now enter into financial contracts with one another, so to should any two people of the same sex. Can enter into any other contract already. Because marriage has economic impacts and legal right adjustments (hospital visitation et al.) it should be afforded to any two adults who could enter into other contracts. The religious tie-in is redundant and moot.