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Well, you have to start with the basics of his premise; the purpose of marriage is to have children. Period. Now if a gay couple marry and have children already or intend to have them and raise them then would Jerry support marriage equality?I don't even see any sense in arguing Jerry's views. They are the type of erratic, irrational views a person holds when they realize the rational solution to a problem is something they personally abhor so they come up with the most insane, far fetched solution so that they can reject it on purely ideological grounds and feel justified in doing so.
What does your wife think of your views?
Well, you have to start with the basics of his premise; the purpose of marriage is to have children. Period.
Well, you have to start with the basics of his premise; the purpose of marriage is to have children. Period. Now if a gay couple marry and have children already or intend to have them and raise them then would Jerry support marriage equality?
Who forwards that idea?
You do Jerry. You state that unless a couple wants to have children they have no business marrying.
Where did I say having the children was the only reason to marry, though?
Here's what you said:
Categorically, childless couples have absolutely no business getting married.
Right, and no where in that do I say that having children is the only reason to marry. There are many secondary reasons, but without the primary reason no one has any business marrying.
Bottom line. Without the primary reason for marrying, and that is to have children, no couple should marry, according to your line of reasoning, Jerry.
Well, you have to start with the basics of his premise; the purpose of marriage is to have children. Period. Now if a gay couple marry and have children already or intend to have them and raise them then would Jerry support marriage equality?
Right, and no where in that do I say that having children is the only reason to marry. There are many secondary reasons, but without the primary reason no one has any business marrying.
Right, but that's not...
ONLY means "one and only" not just "primary."
You believe that couples should not marry unless they will have children. No childless couples should marry. That is your view. No?
As long as a gay couple has children or intends to have children, you're ok with them marrying.
Right, but nowhere did I say having children was the one and only reason to marry. There are many reasons to marry, bt as all those other reasons serve the family, creating/maintaining the family is the primary reason to marry. No family, no reason to marry.
Gay individuals might already have children too, so he should support them marrying to solidify the family unit.
Or maybe, just maybe, he hasn't thought this stuff through and is just spewing half-baked opinions.
I wonder which it is.
As long as a gay couple has children or intends to have children, you're ok with them marrying.
Right, but nowhere did I say having children was the one and only reason to marry. There are many reasons to marry, but as all those other reasons serve the family, creating/maintaining the family is the primary reason to marry. No family, no business getting married.
I would be a strong champion for those gay couples.
I want to support gay-marriage, which is why I asked for data on gays raising children.
Newsflash: Gays and lesbians have children.
I would be a strong champion for those gay couples.
I want to support gay-marriage, which is why I asked for data on gays raising children.
Great, let's get only those couples married while not marrying all the childless couples of any sexual orientation.
Great, let's get only those couples married while not marrying all the childless couples of any sexual orientation.
And the gays and lesbians who don't have children, you would be a strong advocate against them being able to civilly marry?
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