[Cronos]

I totally agree that Mary and Joseph knew each other in the Biblical sense. They had sex.

Yup, you guys were there to verify it, eh? Come on, how can you make such silly, easily refutable statements? Sheesh -- there are so many Protestants with sensible differences of opinion, but here all you put forth are unread opinions and guesses.

[gscc]

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Note that he had no union with her until she gave birth - he obviously took Mary as his wife in every sense of the word.