WinterBorn
Diamond Member
- Moderator
- #41
Sure, and since there are no actual traditions in government sanctioned marriage, I think it’s time we had a robust discussion as to what marriage is and should be.
I’ll start: the civil contract called marriage is limited in its participation to 2 individuals. Now, in the past, the reason for this limitation, which seems exclusive to marriage for some odd reason, was obvious because those two being married comprised of the two demographic groups that, well, make babies.
But now, seeing that two same sex gays, or for that matter, two straights of the same sex can join in marriage, why the limitation of only two? Clearly same sex couples, regardless of sexuality, can’t create offspring.
And I continue to search for another civil contract that limit the number of participants to only two.
The production of babies is a by-product of marriage, not the point of it. I say this because there has never been a requirement that both parties in a marriage be capable of reproducing. Whether age (menopause), or illness has robbed one party or the other of the ability to reproduce, they have still been welcomed into matrimony.