Marriage and mating are in fact the same. A marriage can be annulled if the marriage is not consummated, that is if the couple does not actually engage in sexual intercourse. Mating of a man and woman is the essential component of marriage. Of course marriage also involves love, sharing, faithfulness, commitment, the procreation and raising of children, weather or not the husband and wife choose to have children, or are not able to have children. Marriage is the life long physical and spiritual mating of a man and a woman.
