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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
In regards to your other questions.  No I do not believe that every couple who enters a marriage has to have the intention of having a child at all, whether naturally or through other means.  There is a big difference in an individual marriage, and what the purpose of marriage serves on a societal level.  I am not totally opposed to same sex marriage, but I do have misgivings.  The reason for marriage has never been simply about the official recognition of a couple's affection for each other.  It has always about giving social & legal recognition to those unions that children can result from.  The legalization of same sex marriage represents a major severance from what marriage throughout history has been about.  [/quote]

Many same sex couples are raising children. In many cases, these children have a biological connection to one of the parents. The lack of same-sex marriage rights in most states presents a hurdle to those families. I cannot read the above paragraph and not wonder why you would not support same-sex marriage as a means of protecting the rights of same-sex parents. Do you not see the irony in your support of a hetrosexual marriage which does not involve children and your opposition to a same-sex marriage that does involve raising children? It would seem to me that if your concern is social and legal recognition of unions from which children can result, you absolutely have to support same-sex marriage.
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The right to marriage has never been given to any arrangement of people who happen to be raising children together.  Many single mothers move back in with their parents and actively co-parent together. Does that relationship deserve the recognition of marriage?  If I choose to raise a child with my brother, should I have the right to marry him, just because we are raising a child together?  Marriage is society's solution to the fact that when men and women have sex with each other, a child is the likely result.[/quote]

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