[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I agree with what you said. I also think it is imperative a SECULAR basis for marriage should be the scientific realities of human reproductive biology (male + female) that renders the whole homosexual issue moot.

[tortoise]

I also think it is imperative a SECULAR basis for marriage should be the scientific realities of human reproductive biology (male + female) that renders the whole homosexual issue moot.

But taking this stance pretty clearly implies that if you don't plan on having kids, there is no good reason to get married. If the core of the institution is biological reproduction, then half the people out there should not have bothered to get married.