Question for those people against equal marriage rights for same sex unions?

Question

I frequently hear the argument that marriage is only meant to be between a man and a woman because they are capable of bearing children together and therefore are a legitamate couple.
But my question is this.... what about heterosexual couples that are unable to concieve? Should they have their ability to marry revoked?
My Aunt and Uncle have been married for 12 years and are both physically incapable of getting pregnant together (or seperately for that matter). My other Aunt is the same way, she is physically not capable of getting pregnant, should she and her future husband be denied the right to marry? What if a woman has her uterus removed, should she be denied a right to marry since she and he husband can not concieve children?

I know the Catholics teach that sex is strictly for procreational purposes, so is a couple that is not physically able to have children denied the right to marry in the Catholic church?

Um, no, sorry. Neither of my aunts was EVER capable of bearing children. EVER. My uncle was not either. EVER. They had abnormalities from the time they were born.

Of course I am taking very certain examples, because homosexuals are a very small minority of the population. They comprise less then 10% of all people. I don't see why we are all so terrified of them getting married.

Answer 1

I'll take it one step further. There are many childfree heterosexual couples these days who for personal reasons don't want any children and actually CHOOSE never to have kids, even though they are 100% physically capable of producing them. Should such people be banned from marrying as well? Are they also "in rebellion against Gawd" and living in an "unnatural" union, and whatever other claptrap the Christers are claiming? The human race isn't going to become extinct just because some people don't think that breeding is the purpose of marriage, and I'm totally sick of Catholics and every other religious kook who thinks that the government should be allowed to ban any relationship they don't approve of. Government policies that prohibit gays from getting married completely discriminate against people on the basis of gender, therefore it violates the Constitutional principle that all people have equal protection under the law regardless of their sex. NO law can be made which treats a man differently than a woman, in any situation! And from a strictly legal point of view, marriage is basically nothing more than a contract between two consenting adults agreeing to share their property. Nobody has the right to tell any adult who they can or cannot engage in a contract with. The answer to this issue is clear; aside from recording the paperwork and processing divorces, the government should simply stay out of the business of marriage.

To "GHOST SHRIMP FAN", the reason gays won't "shut-up" about their lifestyle is because they're routinely and unfairly discriminated against in employment, housing, by businesses, and by marriage laws. And until they get the same protection under the law everybody else enjoys, they're going to keep complaining. Good for them, I say.

Answer 2

You are asking the wrong question. Same sex marriage is a legal question. You are bringing in Catholocism and religion into what should be a question of purely legal, governmental oversight. Personally, I think the government should keep their laws out of the bedroom and simply give the same tax breaks, legal rights, etc. to any couple that lives together and supports one another financially, whether they be a gay couple, a parent supporting a child, two unmarried siblings or an adult child supporting an elderly parent. After all, does the law ask what kind of sex a man and a woman are going to have before they let them get married? Why do we even need to know what goes on in the bedroom between any couple? The government should stay out of everyone's sexual relationships. And gay couples should keep it their own business and quit flaunting in everyone's faces. Most people don't see any reason to have to 'come out of the closet' and publicly announce that they are heterosexual, so why do homosexuals always feel that they have to announce it to the world and go around marching and crap? Just shut up about it already. Do what you want to do and keep it to yourselves.

Answer 3

I have never heard that argument put quite that way. What I have heard is that man and woman were made for each other and fit perfectly. That is the only way, barring human intervention, that procreation is possible.

I do not agree with Catholic belief of sex only for procreation. I believe men and women were made to enjoy each other within the bounds of marriage as it is written in the bible. I also think this question could be asked on the religion board... :)

Answer 4

you are taking certain examples out of the obvious billion possible couples of man and woman. Its how it was meant to be at one point your uncle and aunt were capable of making children in their lives.

Answer 5

Homosexuals already have the same rights as heterosexuals. Heterosexuals can't marry someone of the same gender, either.