The plaintiffs’ first grievance in Maryland’s highest court in December was that “they have same-sex partners whom they love and seek to marry.” After the arguments of thatcase were heard, the director of the lobby Equality Maryland stated that the plaintiffs’ love is “the only truth that really matters.” He added for good measure that “they love each other very, very, very much.”

The debate about legalizing same sex marriage has created a new body of jurisprudence which defines marriage, in its whole essence, as simply and only a committed relationship between two people. Absent from this definition of marriage is any presumption of children.