And why exactly, is "perpetual virginity" so highly valued anyway, when God said to Adam and Eve, and all creatures, to assist in creation by giving birth?
Don't be offended, but you sound like a child who thinks his momma had sex once and it resulted in him. Mary wasn't quasi God, she was just a human, which is what she had to be for Christ to be fully human. After she had Christ, her special mission was done. After that, her life was her own. As the bible says, she lived the life of an ordinary wife and mother, she did not go to a convent and seal herself off from the world.
Amen. That vital point is overlooked in the rush to deify Mary. Her purpose was to provide the humanity of Christ.
It is a matter of historical accuracy and deepens our understanding of the economy of salvation. If you'd rather not discuss it because it doesn't seem important to you, no one is exactly forcing you.
The problem for our Orthodox and Catholic friends in all of this is, in order to keep Mary as a Co-Redeemer of the faith, it becomes necessary to elevate her beyond reason; a sinless being capable of sinning but never doing so. Scripturally, Mary Magdalene played a larger supporting role than Mary. And, while our friends have deny all the various and multiple verses about Mary having children, the very plain and simple truth is: