An excerpt from a letter from Andy Pugno, General Counsel for the ProtectMarriage, Yes on 8 campaign which is currently submitting post-trial briefs in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case:

A primary foundation of our case is the history of the institution of marriage itself and the central role it has played for centuries in societies all across the globe. Historic marriage has its roots in pairing a man to a woman and has served as the foundation of the family and society as a whole. In fact, across societies, marriage has been defined in both law and language as a union between a man and a woman and acts as the predominate relationship in which to create and support children. As we have noted previously, and one of our expert witnesses spent a great deal of time addressing, the purpose of marriage through the ages has been and continues to be the “guarantee, insofar as possible, that each child is emotionally, morally, practically, and legally affiliated with the woman and the man whose sexual union brought the child into the world.”

And while it is true that the traditional model of marriage between a man and a woman has been disputed of late in the United States, a set of universal functions of marriage remains:

- Complementing nature with culture to ensure the reproductive cycle;
- Providing children with both a mother and a father whenever possible;
- Providing children with their biological parents whenever possible;
- Bringing men and women together for both practical and symbolic purposes; and,
- Providing men with a stake in family and society.

And happy General Conference!

Crocodile Dundee is to "a knife" as Dallin is to a sandwich.

I saw this on Joan's Facebook. Apparently, we've seen this before. But, now the castle has been breached. Where's the line to be drawn now?