idea—that a husband-wife, one-flesh union reflects moral reality and human nature and the sexuality bound up with it. Fifth, the state can’t be neutral about the gay marriage issue. Even to say that “the state ought to be neutral about marriage” involves a moral standard. Lots of people say that government shouldn’t take a stand on the definition of marriage. Instead of being “biased” toward heterosexual couples, the state ought to be neutral and unbiased toward couples, including gay couples. However,