God instituted marriage; any understanding that begins without this presupposition makes marriage an elements of man's reasoning rather than God's divine will. With the understanding that the Bible reveals the will of God to sinful mankind, the matter of same-sex marriage boils down to one of two alternatives: (a) that God's holy Word in Scripture is the sole source, rule and norm for all faith and life, or (b) that God's irrelevant to His creation and is to be ignored and even rejected. There is no middle ground. Damien, to keep God out of the marriage argument is to go against the author and creator of life and salvation and is to condemn marriage from His grace and blessing.