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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I've never understood this one. Has this ever been true? The majority of the married couples I know do not have and do not intend to have kids (and they are all 'straight' couples).
There is much more to marriage that "love between two humans" to be sure, but I have serious doubts that the raising of children is the driving force behind marriage.
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No, this one is historically true. At least since Christianity, but it has certainly become not true in the last generation or two. Let's say the formation of a household.
That said, the creation and raising of children as replacement has to be one of the fundamentals of a serious sexual relationship, because Darwin and all that. You can do it other ways, but this one seems the best to me as it ensures chastity and fidelity among the male and the female, and thus, preserves a type of equality that is relational and dignified.
EDIT: I should also be clear that I am not saying that gay marriages can't be relational and dignified. They probably can be, and in fact, one of my closest and favoured relatives is in one. However, in the mainstream, both activists and judges are not super interested in those kinds of relationships, but in highly autonomous, transhumanist ones that seek to redefine what human relationships are actually for.