“...In other words, the state legislature would not discriminate against two maiden or widowed sisters who were living together or a mother and a devoted son or daughter who were living together in a platonic relationship. Why should such households and relationships be left behind when legal privileges and recognition are being passed out just because they are not in a sexual relationship?...”
Impossible to refute this logic ~ stellar quote!
As a society we should be allowed to encourage and incentivize marriage and reproduction between a man and a woman. And we should do it because these things help improve society. Allowing other types of relationships the same privileges totally negates and counteracts the results we’re trying to achieve by giving marriage a special status in society. With the way divorce and single-parent households have shattered our society, we should be doing more than ever now to encourage marriage, not completely throwing it away as a special institution, which this article suggests we do.