Gender is a matter of grammar, an in the present rhetorial setting it seems to mean a sense of "style" as masculine or feminine. I think this is irrelevant. A rather mannish woman could join a rather feminine man in the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony and have a perfectly valid and God-pleasing marriage.
She likes to bale hay? He like to make lace? No problem. Her hair is straight and short, he's got a headful of curls? No problem.
As long as they're a man and a woman, and what they do in bed includes the procreative marriage act. That's it.
"Gender" shades, slides and shape-shifts. "Sex" is a physiological fact. Marriage is defined by the two sexes, a permanent reality.
The sermon at my church last sunday involved the interview of an ex-gay christian. It was eye opening.
bkmk
Thanks so much for posting this article. I’ll be passing it on to some people.