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So: tell me again, why we should not redefine this ephemeral and mutable right to include homosexuals.
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Mainly what I'm seeing in this discussion is the "fairness" issue. Has anybody here reared kids? Very expensive and an enormous amount of energy goes into it. It's a money pit pretty much till the parents die. It never ends. Kids always need help, either financially, or emotionally.
So let's say 50% of gays would have kids through some artificial means, which seems unlikely because of the expense, but let's say it's 50%. 90% of straights have kids. It's always optional for gays, not always optional for straights when they are fertile. This seems unfair to straights to let sterile couples have the same benefits that fertile couples have. Don't forget grandchildren also come into play for anybody with kids. The money pit is huge for people with kids, and grandkids. Not so for people who can choose when they have the finances and so forth. It is different. Some unfairness is going to be involved in it no matter how you look at it. It's whether enough people care about the unfairness or not.
Unfairness is in the eyes of the beholder.:)