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Linking having kids with same-sex marriage is disingenuous at best

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 10 '09, 17:42

not all gay couples will choose to have kids, and many traditional couples don't want kids themselves. child raising and/or adoption is but one of the many issues surrounding the same-sex marriage debate. First and foremost, from all my understanding, is to have their relationship formally recognized for the myriad of purposes that straight people take for granted.

However, leaving aside the debate as to whether being raised by a dad and a mom or by two parents makes any difference (and if so, that scourge of single parents out there must be a problem that's 50x worse and yet we do nothing about that) - being married or not isn't going to stop gay people from having kids. And not having kids isn't going to stop gay people from wanting to be with each other. Which brings me back to the point of why we should deny them their recognition.

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But the opposing opinion (not mine) is that the purpose of marriage is procreation. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 10, 17:46 7
- I love the counter argument, OK, then if a couple doesn't have a kid in 5 years they should be common law divorced -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 19:03
- the purpose of sex is procreation. all my married friends state that they have less sex than when they were single so that would mean that procreation - dogbert Oct 10, 17:52 1
  - QED -- nm - znufrii Oct 10, 17:53
- there's a lot of people been going at it wrong, then - Reagen Oct 10, 17:48
- Then why let old people marry? Why let people marry who don't want to have kids? Why let people marry who can't have kids? -- nm - mara Oct 10, 17:47 2
  - Exactly. If we allow these, why not same sex couples ? -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 10, 17:50
  - seriously. they're so selfish. -- nm - shamu Oct 10, 17:49
Real reason: It's icky. Unless the two women are hot and won't mind if you join in. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 17:45 1
- Or at least watch. -- nm - mara Oct 10, 17:46

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