Being able to reproduce without needing functional male/female sex organs, using only skin cells and technology, is an interesting step. It could theoretically apply to same-sex couples, the elderly, children, or people with various disabilities, injuries, or other forms of infertility.

The same-sex focus of this article (specifically, the "OMG this totally defeats an objection to gay marriage" bit in the intro) is an unnecessary politicizing of an otherwise technologically/biologically interesting concept.