Shouldn’t marriage be about procreation?
It has been suggested that the purpose of marriage is to establish an appropriate family environment in which children will be conceived and raised, and that as such there is no place for same-sex relationships in marriage. This view conflicts with the fact that different-sex couples who choose not to have children, or who form relationships in non-childbearing years, are still entitled to marry or re-marry. Further, and very importantly, it discounts the substantial number of children who are currently being raised in a same-sex couple family.
