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Originally Posted by patteeu
If you believe that it's important to promote procreation and child rearing in intact nuclear families, it's rational to promote the kinds of living arrangements that make that most likely. One way to do it is to give special benefits to traditional marriages, but not to people who choose to live life in other arrangements (single, cohabitation, same sex couples, three or more adult partners, etc.).
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What about straight couples who have no desire to procreate or those that know before they get married that they cannot procreate? In your scenario, they shouldn't be allowed to marry either and enjoy the "special benefits" of marriage.
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Originally Posted by patteeu
If you believe that a child is best served by having a parent of each sex who live together in a committed relationship, then opposing adoption by single people or gay couples or groups of three or more is rational.
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I guess individuals that feel this way should be pushing for legislation to have all children raised by single parents put up for adoption by traditional families.