Here come the liberaltarians out of the woodwork; drooling over the prospect.
So now we want to just do away with marriage entirely?
As part of the whole gay marriage debate, there’s one important point I never hear mentioned. And that is that the relationship of a traditional married couple raising children has more significance to society than a same-sex adult partnership. So it makes sense for government and society to treat these relationships differently.
I know the activists say that lesbians can go to the IVF clinic and can adopt children, but the vast majority of same-sex couples will never have children.
I think we get side tracked by the separate but equal arguments of the gay activists. Their relationships are not as important to society as the relationships of couples raising their children. We all have a stake in how children are raised, and it makes sense for government and society to encourage these relationships. And it makes sense that these relationships will have greater government benefits than a childless same-sex adult partnership. I wish this point was made more often. Separate but equal doesn’t matter because a homosexual relationship isn’t equal; it’s not as important to the rest of society.