“Amen,” the four adults echoed.
“Now then,” the pastor said, “what is marriage, exactly? The answer is found in the scriptures, in the book of Genesis.” He hefted an ornate Bible into his hands and flipped open to a page bookmarked with a scarlet ribbon. Then he read, “ 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. Therefore, shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.' You see, God created man and woman to be one, to compliment and complete each other. The two being one is the image of God, perfect, complete one-ness. Short of heaven, we will never achieve this perfection, but marriage, done right, provides the closest approximation on earth. It is to this goal that you are now committing yourselves. Do not enter into
