Biology determines that every human child has two parents -- one male, one female -- and they are his parents for life. Marriage developed to bind the child to both parents, and each parent to the other, so the child would have access to both parents. Marriage should protect the rights of a child to know and be known by his biological parents; it should not be re-defined around adults.

True, not every marriage produces children. But every child has two parents: One man, one woman, for life.

Amanda Alvine, Richland