Originally Posted by
hydrotoxin
True enough, but what I was getting at was that the primary goal of human partnership is reproduction. Love and devotion are unquantifiable concepts, and I prefer to think of them as null, although I am a member of a very tiny minority in that belief.
Quantifiable, not quantifiable...why care?...They are REAL in a sense that they effect the individuals and, in turn, society. Suffering is also not quantifiable, but a society functions worse and worse the more of that stuff is present.
If, on the other hand, you care none for society or human suffering, why even bother trying to tip the scales either way?
As long as marriage bears tangible, practical benefits (tax cuts, ability to marry someone from overseas thus granting them citizenship, etc) it should not be denied to any adult citizens.
Last edited by Odlov; Dec 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM.