COMMENT:
The word marriage and matrimony are derived from the Latin word, mater, meaning, "mother." Obviously, a ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ union cannot produce a "mother." The very term "ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ marriage" is an oxymoron. But be that as it may, this is the stupidity that the highest "legal-minds" (another "oxymoron") in the U.S. have embraced as a 'legal right'. We can at least be thankful the supreme court has denied any standing to Natural Law so that the Author of Natural Law cannot be blamed for this outrage. The U.S. government must take full and complete responsibility for the consequences of their stupidity, which unfortunately now requires the Catholic Church to make a distinction that during any other period in history would appear ridiculous.
The Catholic Church must now make a moral and canonical distinction between the definition of "marriage" and the definition of "Sacramental Matrimony." "Sacramental Matrimony" is the holy conjugal union of a baptized man and a baptized woman who are free from impediments, which binds them for life to a life lived in common and together for the purpose of begetting and educating children in the Catholic faith. The union can only be terminated by the death of at least one party to the union.
"Marriage" is now legally the union between one or more things for the purpose of sɛҳuąƖ pleasure until one or another of these things no longer derives sɛҳuąƖ pleasure from the union which thereby can be dissolved provided all legal and judicial fees are paid in full. What these "things" are as to their nature and/or number remains an entirely open question for future judicial determination, recognizing fully, a priori, that any "discrimination" as to the nature and/or number of these things would be, prima facie, a violation of the 14th amendment.
The Catholic Church can have nothing to do with "marriage," but can and does have everything to do with "Sacramental Matrimony." Furthermore, the Catholic Church should no longer require or accept a "marriage license" issued by any state for the purpose of providing a location, witnesses, and blessings for the man and woman contracting Sacramental Matrimony. The separation of Church and state should now be understood to mean that the state has no substantial or vital interest in Sacramental Matrimony and therefore no jurisdiction over the union, or the children produced by such union, including their number and their education.