[quote=@Darcs] *Unless you don't.[/quote] The operative word is [u]A[/u]. Doesn't have to be your own. Any other definition of gender (besides perhaps agendered) is going to almost certainly going to be a convoluted description of something entirely different and unrelated to gender. [quote]Except marriage is a Pagan institution appropriated by the Church. [color=333333]Like most things about Christianity.[/color] [/quote] Something tells me they appropriated theirs from the Jews. Probably not intentionally either. More like, if you are a Christian who wants to get married the logical thing to do so is to work in the rights of the new religion.