SSM AND PARENTING: Lucia Liljegren replies to Mary Catelli

Mary Catelli discusses my statement 1: "Parents who take on the legal responsibility to care and raise children ought to be married."

As far as I could tell, you found no fallacy in my statement 2. If you agree with 1 and 2, I believe 3 must follow.

So, my only real question is: Do you disagree with my statement 1? That is: Do you think parents who take on the legal responsibility to care for children ought not to be married?

Unless you think parents who raise children are not advised to marry, then the conclusion of my syllogism must be true. Some gays ought to marry.

It would appear that you are trying to come up with a third syllogism. You seem to wish to begin with: Statement 1. "People who conceive children ought to be married."

I do not necessarily agree with this in all cases. For example, I think surrogate parenting is acceptable in some circumstances. In those cases the people who conceive are often not married. However, some people will certainly agree with your statement 1.

It would be interesting to see where it takes you and them. Could you provide a statement 2 and conclusion 3?
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