spacekadt Posted:

So hetero couples that have no desire/ability to produce children shouldn’t be able to get married?

Why should a hetero person be able to act as next of kin, but not a gay person? Look up marriage, it has nothing to do with children and everything to do with legal rights and responsibilities.

The reason marriage is recognized by the government is they have vested interests in the marriage. Children are the future of the nation and government, so yes marriage has something to do with children AMONG OTHER THINGS. As I’ve said before, marriage is not a right. No where in the bill of rights does it say marriage is a right. Civil rights are rights IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. NOT AN INHERITANCE RIGHT. So if gays want marriage rights the government has to give it to them. Since we are supposedly self governing we should vote on the issue. If the amendment is unconstitutional then the courts will overturn it. Either way what is right will be done.