Same sex marriage

[StatCrux]

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.

Really? So what's the difference between procreation in principle and procreation in potential. Because apparently, in principle, even same sex procreation is possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductio...production

procreation in principal is only possible between male and female. Same sex relationships cannot procreate without outside intervention, therefore in principal they cannot procreate.

An infertile woman, in principal could procreate, ie if she were a fully functioning woman (no change in nature) she could procreate, but she remains with no procreative potential due to her infertility. A same sex union has neither procreative nature in principal or potential.

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Marriage is not about making babies, it about 2 people making a commitment to each other.
That is all marriage is.
and here is the dictionary definition:
mar·riage
noun /ˈmarij/ 
marriages, plural

The formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife

A similar long-term relationship between partners of the same sex

A relationship between married people or the period for which it lasts
- a happy marriage
- the children from his first marriage

A combination or mixture of two or more elements
- a marriage of jazz, pop, blues, and gospel

(in pinochle and other card games) A combination of a king and queen of the same suit

This is the very point that is being debated, marriage is not just two people making a commitment to each other, that is a diminished view of marriage. In order to be considered a marriage it must be ordered to the complementary nature of male and female and open to the principal of procreation. Anything other than this is simply a contract between two people.

see earlier definitions supplied