Every child comes from a man and a woman. But Pennsylvania Democrats want to make sure that reality is scrubbed from state law.

That is exactly what HB 1800 accomplishes. The bill removes the historic definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman from Pennsylvania statute—language rooted not in sentiment, but in the biological and social reality that children come from mothers and fathers.

Supporters framed the bill as a matter of adult rights and cultural progress, arguing it was “time” to update the law to reflect “modern society.” Governor Josh Shapiro said the change was necessary to protect the “freedom to marry who you love.”

But that framing obscures a deeper truth: “equality” for adults necessitates inequality for children.

Marriage is not just a celebration of adult relationships. It is a child-protection institution. The state did not create marriage to validate adult love or “freedom.” It recognizes marriage because it has an interest in children.

Congress said as much in 1996 when a bipartisan Congress passed the original Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): “Government has an interest in marriage because it has an interest in children.”

Marriage law exists to bind children to their mother and father—and bind those adults to the children they create.

When you remove that structure from law, you don’t just redefine marriage. You redefine parenthood. Ten years of national gay marriage has made one truth painfully obvious:........

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