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Originally posted by calf@Dec 12 2004, 02:07 PM
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@Dec 12 2004, 01:52 PM
The government should not allow gay marriage because they can't produce future taxpayers like MOST of hetero marriages do. How's that for a reason to deny gay marriage that's not based on the evil bible or any other religeous fear mongering nonsense that you pimplefaced university students HATE so much? 
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They can adopt a child or have a surrogate mother/father.
and if they don't allow it, the government loses out on the registration fee from issuing the license too
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You are not understanding me. Most governments want you to reproduce so they can have more tax payers. Adoption has nothing to do with reproduction. [/b][/quote]
Ohhh, but Red, it is you who are not understanding. The government is not biased, in any way, toward people that reproduce. Besides that fact, adoption has everything to do with reproduction and also everything to do with the government's interest.
Let's say a heterosexual couple reproduces and has a child that they cannot afford to have and thus the child is put up for adoption. That child could either 1) not be adopted and be put through foster care for many of its developmental years and therefore be more likely to be an unproductive member of society and perhaps even a burden or 2) be adopted by a loving, nurturing family (that could be *gasp* homosexual) and raised to be a productive and tolerant member of society that has a job, pays its taxes and does everything the government wants its citizens to do. Don't give me that crap about what the government wants out of its couples. Yeesh.