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Originally Posted by Antithesis
Just because a marriage isn't about having children "right now" does not necessarily indicate that it never will be, thus this statement is neither valid nor fair.
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The statement is completely valid. Many anti-gay-marriage people are using marriage = childrearing as the basis of their argument. If this is a legitimate point, then they should also be against marriage of heterosexual couples who do not intend to procreate. Seems obvious...
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I don't take issue with the assertion that the church's opposition to gay marriage is absurd because I agree with that assertion. What I take issue with is people saying that this is anything but some kind of juvenile attempt at being witty.
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Meh... I don't think its immature or juvenile. The 'marriage = procreation' point has been used exhaustively to combat gay marriage rights. If the pro-gay-marriage crowd can eliminate the validity of this point, then they're one step closer to convincing the masses that they should be allowed to get married/unioned/partnered, whatever they choose to call it.