Same sex marriage

[StatCrux]

Really? So if a gym had a general rule admitting both men and women except for Thursday night which is women only, does the Thursday night exception invalidate the general rule admitting both sexes into the club? Or does the general rule still remain? I think anyone with half a brain can see that exceptions do not invalidate general rules, rather the exception proves the rule!

Not if the exception is part of the rule. If your general rule regarding marriage had been "potential for procreation except when...." then you might have an argument. As it stands, you don't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_t...s_the_rule

Read it. It gives a lot of examples of why your concept is wrong.

Not at all, its a perfect example. The exception that infertile couples can't procreate proves that there is a general rule that male-female couples can procreate. I did say procreation in principle, not procreation in actuality. Procreation in principal is a better term than potential, because potential implies actual procreation must be potentially present, only the principal need be present not the potential.