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Thursday, January 08, 2004

THE MESSAGE OF SSM: Mark Miller replies to Maggie

According to you, the 'message' of same-sex marriage is that the other sex is optional in family life.

So advancing that logic, one must also say that:
- the message of allowing loveless marriages to continue is that 'love' is optional in family life.
- or the message of having only one child is that 'siblings' are optional in family life.
- or the message of marriage where the couple does not have living parents is that 'grandparents' are optional in family life.
- or the message of marriages that do not result in children are that 'children' are optional in family life.

The real message being sent by this argument is that the only single feature of 'family life' is having two opposite-sex parents. That is the
message being sent here.

And of course that children raised in families without two opposite-sex parents cannot be expected to become good family adults. Or does that apply only to children raised with same-sex parents?

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