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Furthermore, it is clear that while homosexual and heterosexual marriage may have something to do with "[channeling] men into the husband/father/provider role that so benefits society, "
This is not just to benefit society, but the child, and the woman whose flower the man has opened up.
Fitzpatrick may be a fool, but at least he was able to quote something notable, albeit a bit sexist.
Joseph Schumpeter, the great economist, attributes the success of capitalism not to the entrepreneurâs lust for money or status, but to his love of family. The central pillar of any healthy civilization is the self - sacrificing married man who doesnât spend his income on himself, but prefers âto work and save primarily for wife and children.â
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it is not marriage hetero- or homo- that channels men away from that role. It could be capitalism and the profit motive that has much to do with the latter, or antiquated laws that prevent homosexual couples from adopting children.
I've often thought it amuzing; Many who think that homosexual marriage should be illegal in the eyes of the state, have no problem imposing ignorance onto their own children, although little beknownst to them.
Who would I rather have look over my little ones if i had to make a choice- A Heterosexual who feeds ignorance into the minds of their impressionable young, Or a Homosexual who acts responsibly and does not corrupt?
That's pretty easy for me to answer.
The trickiest part of that question though, is What does the responsible and non-corrupting Homosexual teach, or NOT teach?
Your response does not lead me to believe you support gay marriage, or that you are against it.
I would like to ask a few questions to someone who fully or even actively supports gay marriage as well as their right to adopt children.
Would you teach my children, as well as your own that it is ok for boys to hold hands with boys?
Girls with Girls?
Just as it is ok for boys to hold hands with girls?
If so, at approximately what age would you say it was ok to engage in these types of behaviors?
For instance- at a junior high or highschool dance? Younger?
During my education, it was not uncommon to see boys holding hands with girls at approximately 10-13 years of age.
Would you see that as an appropriate age for boys and boys to begin courting one another?