Philo,

"Upon what social or moral authoritive text on marriage does TAR base his teaching?"

Largely upon John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty'. A splendid little book, and one based on reason rather than superstition. You should check it out. It's probably available for free download; Mill's been dead long enough that his work should be public domain.

The Acolyte Rizla,
Apparently you argue against fact, and try to create a modern superstition.

FACT: Two persons of the same gender do not a human unit make, which is what marriage identifies. No superstition in that.

Philo,

Apparently you're crap at maths as well. A human unit is one human, not a married couple.

A human unit is a married term completing X and Y chromosomes that form a married unit of one. Obviously you not understanding marriage you do not recognise what a human unit is.

You just made that up, didn't you Philo?

>>A human unit is a married term completing X and Y chromosomes that form a married unit of one.<<

A human unit is a component of Warcraft III:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/589475-warcraft-iii-the-frozen-throne/faqs/53478

It can also be a measurement of urban space

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Human%20Unit

It was also used to describe the Incredible Hulk - "Human Unit Never Killed".

And it was a phrase adopted by the Victorian epidemiologist (cum eugenicist, some say) when totting up the casualties of a cholera epidemic.

But I'm sorry, nothing whatsoever about chromosomes.

Your "human unit" is a complete figment of your imagination, Philo.

I also venture to suggest that the fact that you are forced to resort to making up stuff, says a great deal about your confidence in the strength of your argument.

But logic is forever a spent force when it comes to combatting bigotry, is it not?

Pericles,
In every Jewish and Christian marriage ceremony in the last 4,000 years the phrase is used it comes from Genesis 2: 24; Matthew 19: 5; Mark 10:8; 1 Corinthians 6: 16; Ephesians 5: 31; The two shall become one unit, a uniting of the two sexes.

That is the problem when one is ignorant of another's culture. For Homosexuality to now be cosidered a human unit is falacious nonsense in Jewish, Islamic and Christian world view. Only a man and a woman form one complete flesh unit.