Finnis on marriage

In addition to the papers mentioned in my previous posting, I would recommend John Finnis's paper "Marriage: A Basic and Exigent Good," from the 2008 volume of the philosophy journal The Monist, to anyone interested in the deeper arguments that can be made in support of Archbishop Dolan's position and against the redefinition of marriage being promoted in New York by Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, and others:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1392288