married couples who choose not to have children are not fulfilling their duty.
Rhian,
then they're not good Christians are they ? There is a hell of a difference between choosing not to have children & not being able to reproduce. Gays can't have children between themselves on biological grounds & that's fairly well known.
If a childless couple adopts a child & raises it is a normal family situation. There's nothing normal about two daddies or Mommies. Some might think it alright but we have yet to see some evidence of the result of such an upbringing not on an individual basis but on the basis of a whole society.

LOL, Individual ... you crack me up.

There is also nothing normal about a Christian man and a woman having children simply because their imaginary friend tells them too, either!

"Go forth and multiply!" As if there aren't enough unwanted children and uncontrolled population already! Are you just trying to beat the Muslims, Jews or Mormons at their own game? I have a few gay male friends who had children naturally with women as far back as the 70s! Just because you prefer a male partner doesn't mean the equipment doesn't work! Lots of lesbian couples have been having children by natural and artificial insemination for decades!

I would believe a child wanted and loved by a gay couple is much preferable to a number of children in a heterosexual who are just tolerated in the name of a god.

LOL, Individual ... you crack me up.
Randall,
not my fault if you don't understand.

McReal,
Your 40 - 5 % only verifies my point about poor and immature choices in human relationships.

Noisy Scrub Bird
Said "To hell with Churches and there narrow minded conventions".
NSB marriage is not exclusive to Christian Churches otherwise Homosexuals would not want to identify with such. Marriage has always been recognised as between a man and a woman in every society and religion.

To persons who want to live together as lovers are free to do so in our society and none are denying of their rights. However it is not worthy of a Government registration; unless from that union they may produce children.

That Homosexuals have children is a denial that their lover is the maternal parent (mother) of the child. It is evidence they are fertile and have had a hetrosexual relationship.

Well, if gays and lesbians can't have children because of biological reasons, do we deny hetero couples access to IVF or adoption to fulfill a basic human need?

Having children is not about sexual preference. It's also not about religion.

I wish the church and government would just leave our vaginas and penises alone.

And how do you account for a lot of gay men being interfered with as boys by priests and religions pedos? Some say their decision stems from there. Are you recruiting?

Equality for all Australians. For Everything

Randall,
When two men or two women in an exclusive union can give birth to children then and only then will they have equality and rights. Rights to produce ovum or male sperm is not the responsibility of Church or Government. Get informed to natural reality! Recognise the difference that nature has designed and it includes wombs and vaginas, no Church or Government designed such natural accruements for the procreation of the species.

Love alone is not the basis of procreation, or are homosexuals ignorant of sexual reality. Marriage is the basis of a biological reality of family - mother and father.