It is often asked, as Marty's helpful post does, how the acknowledgment of same-sex marriage harms marriage between a man and a woman.  The inability to give a simple, secular answer to this explains the California victory in favor of same-sex marriage more than the reasoning of the opinion.  That doesn't mean there is not an answer.  There is a religious answer and it is anchored in the creation story recorded in the book of Genesis.  ]]>