Comments on: More on Gay Marriage… http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/02/07/more-on-gay-marriage/ Along for the Journey...On God's Time Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kairos http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/02/07/more-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-257 kairos Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:47:02 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/more-on-gay-marriage/#comment-257 I agree. I think your particular marriage is beneficial to the institution of marriage. The same for the countless other childless spouses I know (with perhaps one exception). And I think that is expanded to successful same-sex marriages, too: having people who want to commit themselves to an institution tend to strengthen it. That's part of what I don't really get: I've always thought that same-sex couples wanting to get married was a good thing for marriage in general. Thanks for the comment, Mark. I agree. I think your particular marriage is beneficial to the institution of marriage. The same for the countless other childless spouses I know (with perhaps one exception).

And I think that is expanded to successful same-sex marriages, too: having people who want to commit themselves to an institution tend to strengthen it.

That’s part of what I don’t really get: I’ve always thought that same-sex couples wanting to get married was a good thing for marriage in general.

Thanks for the comment, Mark.

]]> By: Mark http://kairosblog.com/blog/2007/02/07/more-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Mark Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:30:56 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/more-on-gay-marriage/#comment-256 I like to think that my childless heterosexual marriage (for 12 years so far) HELPS marriage as an institution by showing others that marriages can work and can be happy. There's an increasing amount of evidence that marriages don't work - based on the increasing divorce rate. Even if I weren't married, I really don't see me producing fatherless children all over the place. Besides the fact that this would require one or more willing female participants :-) there's the fact that as a computer and project management professional I am way too prepared to let that happen. Add to that the fact that I recognize that it's a bad idea, and it pretty much isn't going to happen. And that goes for my entire circle of friends. So far, in that group, I know of one abortion and zero single-parent children. I like to think that my childless heterosexual marriage (for 12 years so far) HELPS marriage as an institution by showing others that marriages can work and can be happy. There’s an increasing amount of evidence that marriages don’t work – based on the increasing divorce rate.

Even if I weren’t married, I really don’t see me producing fatherless children all over the place. Besides the fact that this would require one or more willing female participants :-) there’s the fact that as a computer and project management professional I am way too prepared to let that happen. Add to that the fact that I recognize that it’s a bad idea, and it pretty much isn’t going to happen.

And that goes for my entire circle of friends. So far, in that group, I know of one abortion and zero single-parent children.

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