1.   Churches already have the right to not perform heterosexual marriages.

2.   Did Graham Greene flee a homosexual relationship for a heterosexual marriage?

3.   In that case, they say, he mistakenly read a distinct prayer from a heterosexual marriage rite as part of a same-sex bonding ritual.

4.   Indeed, federal legislation has erased virtually all legal distinctions between same-sex unions and heterosexual marriages.

5.   It also adopted a policy requiring clergy to be faithful in heterosexual marriage or celibate otherwise.

6.   Last month, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that gay and lesbian couples should be given the same benefits and protections as people in heterosexual marriages.

7.   Numerous gays and lesbians in this country are already parents, she added, noting that many of them were previously in heterosexual marriages.

8.   On Friday, a bill became law in Canada that erases virtually all legal distinctions between heterosexual marriages and same sex unions.

9.   Once homosexual marriages become legal, then surely married homosexual couples would get the same tax breaks used to encourage and maintain heterosexual marriages.

10.   Republican sponsors said the measure was aimed at preventing homosexuals from obtaining federal spousal benefits and in preserving the tradition of heterosexual marriage.