NightSwimmer
Senator
It was exposed today in the High Court. The argument is that the state has an interest in maintaining the marriage contract as a heterosexual-only individual right of US citizens because the state depends upon the institution of marriage to promote procreation.
The Catholic Church (for instance) has every right to refuse to perform a marriage ceremony within their Church for a couple that does not intend to have children, but the Catholic Church has no right to mandate that civil marriages adhere to their moral doctrines. Neither does any other religious sect.
If the state's interest in heterosexual-only marriage is founded in procreation, then no couple incapable of (or otherwise unwilling to) reproduce should be allowed to marry. It's as simple as that.
Either outlaw marriage for barren heterosexuals, or leave the damned homosexuals alone and let them marry.
The Catholic Church (for instance) has every right to refuse to perform a marriage ceremony within their Church for a couple that does not intend to have children, but the Catholic Church has no right to mandate that civil marriages adhere to their moral doctrines. Neither does any other religious sect.
If the state's interest in heterosexual-only marriage is founded in procreation, then no couple incapable of (or otherwise unwilling to) reproduce should be allowed to marry. It's as simple as that.
Either outlaw marriage for barren heterosexuals, or leave the damned homosexuals alone and let them marry.