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To: zonder who wrote (6884)	2/13/2004 12:24:40 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

If you were right then couples who cannot conceive should get immediate divorces. But that does not necessarily happen. It is not impossible to see couples who have chosen never to have children, or others who have adopted. Annullments are provided for by law for this very situation, because the law recognizes the purpose of marriage. I think Gays that want to get married have completely missed its purpose. I don't care if they do it, but have yet to see an explanation of why they want to do it. It serves no legal purpose that I see of. Divorces shold be granted freely for such relationships because what is there to protect? No children to protect, no housewife/househusband financial interests to protect in the raising of children while the other partner works. The problem with adoptive gays is the same as single parents. Fathers are not good at raising girls by themselves and Mothers are not good at rasing boys by themselves. You need both sexes to raise children properly.

To: zonder who wrote (6884)	2/13/2004 12:53:55 PM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

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To: zonder who wrote (6884)	2/13/2004 1:57:39 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

And postmenopausal women really shouldn't get married. Of course that might not bother a lot of post menopausal women, but still, we ought to take them into consideration. Let's face it, the purpose of marriage means a whole lot of different things to a whole lot of different people. If the primary purpose is religious, it should be sanctified in a church- and people can do that, and churches can be as exclusionary as they want to be. If the primary purpose is to confer benefits on people who form stable relationships (the primary secular purpose, imo) then it really doesn't matter who is marrying whom ( assuming legal age and capacity).