(May 10, 2014 at 5:03 am)Heywood Wrote: 1. Gay couples don't need state recognized marriages to engage in life long loving relationships.
They do need state recognition to enjoy the same privileges straight couples enjoy.
Quote:2. If homosexual marriages don't contribute to society to the same degree as heterosexual marriages that is a rational reason not to give it the same status.
Then, that is a rational reason to deny this status to a huge swathe of straight couples, as well. But, that doesn't happen.
Quote:3. The fertility rate in the US is well below that needed to sustain the population. Arkansas is just slightly below that needed to sustain the population.
Which you can no doubt demonstrate by showing us proof that the population has been in a steady and sustained decline for a significant period of time.
Not that it is at all relevant to the argument, of course, but I just want to see you back this claim up.
