From: "Anlatt the Builder" 

On Mar 19, 4:57 am, lorad...{at}cs.com wrote:
>
> > > > And of course homosexuals have families and are part of families.
> > > > Mark.
>
> > > Yes, they may be part of families.
> > > But they cannot ever create families - other than by artificial means.
> > > Thus they cannot ever have normal families - nor have normal
> > > marriages.
>
> > Gays can have straight sex in the same way straights can have gay
> > sex.
>
> If you say so.
>
> > And why are you so concerned about the ability to bear
> > children?
>
> I am not overly concerned about procreative abilities. I am more
> concerned about maintaining proper terminology and order in society -
> as exists in the traditional family unit.
>
> > This world is burgeoning with underfed, underloved
> > children.
>
> Due, in large part to a breakdown of that same heterogenous marriage
> unit - the family.
> The same family unit that you, apparently, wish to even further
> disempower - by equating it with less responsible abstract lifestyle
> pairings.
>

Oh, that's brilliant! Blame the multitude of unwanted and uncared-for
children on gays!

Supporters of gay marriage are not attempting to "disempower" any
family unit. Nor is there any evidence that, if gay marriage is permitted,
any family unti would be disempowered.

As for "less responsible": some gay couples are less responsible
than some straight couples. Some gay couples are more responsbile than some
straight couples. It depends on the couples. No general statement can be
made.

Gay marriage is not an "abstract lifestyle pairing," an absurd
phrase whose only purpose is to drain the humanity out of a human activity.
A gay marriage is a union of two people who love each other - at least, as
much as a straight marriage is.

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