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Either homosexuality is inborn, like race, or by choice, like religion. Either way, the people should not be hounded.

Should Pat Buchanan's marriage be invalid because he has no children?

Should marriage only be allowed if the woman is pregnant? After all we wouldn't want anyone to get married for non-productive self gratification, right?

First cousin marriages in some states (Minnesota comes to mind) are only allowed if the woman is beyond child bearing years.

Homosexual behaviors have a purpose: the satisfaction and enjoyment of homosexuals. Some people's purpose is to serve as a warning to others.

<> Using your logic: Either homicidal behavior is inborn, like race, or by choice, like religion. Ei-ther way, the people should not be hounded. …Are you implying that perpetrators of homicide should not be subject to legal, moral, societal sanctions or, possibly, psychiatric help? Substitute any legally prohibited behavior you like and your logic still remains faulty. <> Is, or was, Pat Buchanan’s marriage theoretically capable of naturally producing healthy, normal children? Is a homosexual union ever theoretically capable of naturally producing healthy, nor-mal children? <> Self-gratification within the bounds of marriage is only one of the outputs of the institution. Fur-thermore, this single purpose is far from the reason that humans in particular and society in gen-eral engage in and approve of the institution of marriage. <> Ok, for the sake of agreeableness, let’s also allow the same restrictions to apply to homosexuals. For males that would be somewhere around 65 to 70… not a problem as the average age for male homosexuals is less than 42, currently. For females of this persuasion, the qualifying age would be lower…around 55 to 58… again the average life span of this group would limit those qualify-ing to a very small number. <> The purpose of serial murder is the satisfaction and enjoyment of the perpetrator. (search for Ted Bundy’s comments) Those serial murders who are on “death row” serve as a warning to others. Are you suggesting, perhaps, we should make homosexual behavior a capital crime? Admittedly, the public health menace of AIDS/HIV would certainly be limited in your solution. Additionally, a host of other attendant problems would also lessen.