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Originally Posted by Aegypticus
2. Although marriages fail so very often today and the historical/traditional definition is being trod upon every day, many, many marriages still create a child or children. A same sex couple is not able to create a child through natural means. (Please don't argue with me about surrogates, adoption, sperm clinics, etc. I want to restrict this to a very narrow view of how a child is created.)
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I think this is a bit of a slippery slope.
Let's say there is a man and a woman who love each other and want to get married. They don't want to have children. This has been agreed upon before they get married........they will live with each other and love each other forever, but don't want any children.......ever.
Should this still be called a marrriage in your mind?
How about a man and a woman that cannot (for whatever reason) have children. Somewhat similar to a gay marriage in the sense that they couldn't have children, no matter how much they wanted to.
Would this still be considered a marriage?
As you can see, 2 different scenarios. One couple can have children but don't want them, the other couple would love to have a family but can't.