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Re:Keep Your Identity Small by mmussman on Monday February 09, 2009 @04:54PM (#474228)
1. There is no practical basis of marriage rights for procreation. This is proved by the prevelance of men and women who remain married without having children, and the vast numbers of unmarried parents.

2. I wish that you would define what you mean by "contrary to the American experiment." No one is advocating gay marriage for all states. Many people are demanding their own state government recognize civil marriage as distinct from religious marriage, and that all citizens have equal rights to civil marriage.

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Re:Keep Your Identity Small by yters on Tuesday February 10, 2009 @05:49PM (#476124)
If 1 is true, then marriage should no longer have special status in our laws. So, instead of trying to get the government to recognize gay marriage, the special rights for marriage should be largely done away with, or made dependent on actually having children.

For 2 I am wrong and uninformed then. If it is only a state by state issue and it is supported by the majority of a state, then I don't see a problem.

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