... , a family is "the basic unit in society having as its nucleus two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children. " Despite this definition, which appears to be all inclusive, lesbian and/or gay couples, with or without ... sex does not offend the First, Eighth, Ninth or Fourteenth Amendments marriage as a union of a man and woman, uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family, is as old as the book of Genesis. " This ruling not only supported the stance of the U.S. against gay ... best raised by opposi...

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