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Originally Posted by JonoBN41
As AGdee noted, reproduction and marriage occur independently of one another.
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I've said this too, several times.
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Gays don't have children whether married or not,
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As is true for many heterosexual relationships.
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so it's not a reason to exclude them from marriage.
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But, yes it is. If you strip away the religious connection and just look at marriage in terms of a legally recognized life long committed monogomous relationship, then there is no way for that homosexual couple to contribute each of their genes together in the gene pool by way of producing offspring.
For the man or woman who may be married to the opposite sex but may be sterile, there is the understood notion that given the theoretical chance, that couple could conceive together. With a homosexual couple that theoretical chance could never even happen.