Asked to define what is meant by ‘marriage’, most people are likely to say something along the lines of ‘a legal relationship between a man and a woman’. Indeed, this definition would be correct for the majority of marriages.
This is reinforced by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who said that the Church of England continues to hold the view that ‘marriage is a lifelong union of one man to one woman’ (February 2013). He also referred to marriage as having always been a relationship between a man and a woman. This is an example of taken-for-granted assumptions held by many people as truths. Most people realise, when reminded, that marriage has never simply been a monogamous institution.
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