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Same sex (same old) marriage : Comments
By Kellie Toole, published 20/9/2013However, surely in a modern liberal democracy the question of 'should gay couples be able to legally marry?' is less pertinent than the question 'should heterosexual couples be able to legally marry?'
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The problem is that children are the end result of most heterosexual marriages, and it is the well-being of these children that make conventional marriage very much a matter for public concern and legal regulation. The same is not true of same sex relationships, and the article's argument for the abolition of marriage as a legal institution unwittingly provides a case for not legally recognising same-sex relationships.
Reference to marriage equality is a furphy. Men and women of all sexual orientations already have similar rights to marry a member of the opposite sex, if they so choose and are able to find a willing partner. Many bisexual or homosexual people indeed do get married in the conventional sense to an opposite sex partner, though they may not always find the role fulfilling.