While I certainly accept that the notion of marriage as an institution (which has been around for most of human history) exists mostly for the purpose of raising children, that does not make it exclusive to couples who can/wish to/do raise children, and as such it doesn’t give it a legal leg to stand on. Of course gay marriage at the federal level hardly has a leg to stand on since marriage is not a constitutional right, but SCOTUS has a history of inventing rights if they think it is trendy, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
It seems pretty apparent that much of the push for gay marriage is simply for the destruction of traditional morality in general. They have been making steady progress on this for ages, and I don’t see anything stopping it here.
Probably the most ironic fact I consider is that if you think back to ancient Greece, where homosexuality was socially preferred (at least by the upper classes), they also had wives and marriages because they understood that was how you produced the next generation. The bizarre notion of gay marriage didn’t even occur to them.
“It seems pretty apparent that much of the push for gay marriage is simply for the destruction of traditional morality in general.”
No doubt at all! That is the crux of the case before the Supreme Court whether they care or not.
“so I wouldn’t get my hopes up”
Sad but unfortunately true.
Thank you for your very good response.