Sexual complementarity of man and woman is the basis of marriage

In relation to the referendum on same-sex marriage, it’s worth making the point that we don’t owe our existence as a species to ideologically-defined ‘equality’ but to sexual complementarity, a relationship or situation in which two or more different things improve or emphasise each other’s qualities — this has been the basic defining characteristic of marriage in all major societies throughout history. Sexual complementarity, by definition, exists only between men and women.

While the proposed Constitutional amendment is being promoted as being about ‘equality,’ there’s another fundamental question to be decided on May 22.

Should we, as a society, retain a special social institution, ie marriage as it has been understood until now, that specifically recognises the unique significance of sexual complementarity, which is not a doctrinal invention of the Catholic Church or any other religion but is the basic biological fact of nature without which society wouldn’t exist because we ourselves wouldn’t exist?