State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey.
The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
Give the peasants neither life nor death.