Children are evidently not people.
The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness.
It’s not a license to screw.
-— The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness. -—
THIS is the essence of the issue. Not whether Ben and Jerry can play house.
And this is why State sanctioning of marriage is justifiable.
“The primary purpose of marriage in society is to insure that the two people who conceive a child also raise the child who bears their genetic likeness.”
No, that used to be the primary purpose, but that hasn’t been true for several decades, since we passed the easy peasy divorce laws.
Exactly. The promiscuity rate (unfaithful to their "spouse") is something like 95% for homosexuals compared to 25% for heterosexuals.
And even among the promiscuous heterosexual population, the average number of other partners is around 1.8. It is at least 10 times that among the homosexual crowds with some reliable surveys numbering it in the dozens or even higher.
They can't be legally treated like us because they are not like us. Sexual intercourse is just something we "breeders" occasionally do, it doesn't define who we are