Why argue this way at all? It is freaking obvious to anyone that the beginning of a traditional family was a male and female reproducing which has developed society as we know it. This is what created you. You're bringing up an exception and saying that the exception makes the norm obsolete. This is wrong.
Advocating for a change to society is cool, but not recognising the traditional male - female relationship in getting us here adds no value, it's lame and counter productive.
Perhaps look at the argument being presented. according to the person i replied to, homosexual relationships are of lesser value because they do not reproduce.
if your going to argue the value of models of relationships based off of reproduction, then it follows monogamy is simply inferior. i never said it was obsolete merely inferior from a reproductive stand point and further to that any heterosexual couple which does not reproduce is as inferior as a homosexual relationship.
If your going to base an argument around reproduction as the value of a relationship and shape our laws around the effectiveness of reproduction marriage quite simply is an inferior model.
If this upsets you, then perhaps you will find comfort in the knowledge that marriage laws in this country have nothing to do with reproduction? Of course if you think it should be the arbiter of deciding who and who cannot marry then you should be in favor of screen potential couples for genetic weaknesses and ensuring they can actually reproduce effectively.
all i'm asking is that those who advocate against same sex marriage on the basis of reproduction draw proper conclusions from such thinking. If you choose to believe that your relationship is superior based on reproduction, you must understand how effectively you reproduce also weighs in relation your own superiority and inferiority of other couples.
how many children do you have? please tell us so we can judge the value of your relationship. If its 2 or less then based on statistics, on a national scale your relationship is inferior to most couples, If you have none you may as well **** a bloke.
its not a hard concept to understand. you cant have things both ways, either reproduction determines the value of a relationship or it doesn't.