RE: Same sex marriage
May 13, 2012 at 2:10 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2012 at 2:12 pm by StatCrux.)
(May 13, 2012 at 1:45 pm)genkaus Wrote: Actually, if procreative union is the principle in play, couples unable to procreate (not just barren people, but elderly women as well) would not be eligible for the union without devaluing the definition. That you are using special pleading to excuse their inclusion does not change the fact.
Read what I said, "open to procreation in principle" not the principle of procreation, there is a huge distinction. I'm not saying that all individual marriages must be capable of producing offspring. Same sex marriages are not in principle open to procreation.