[The Bacon Guy]

Quote by: Mast Just fyi I'm gay and all for gay marriage so please don't take this as me being a bigot or anything.

No worries; I'm actually against gay marriage myself.

Quote by: Mast Heterosexual married couples recieve tax benefits, denying this to homosexuals is merely a way of balancing out the poor economic effects of not having children. Of course they will remain homosexuals, but as above, them not marrying will save money which will help counter the financial issues with suddenly depopulating.

In that case, the benefits should be given to couples when and if they have children; not simply when they marry. Using sexuality to determine who is going to have children and therefore who gets tax benefits is an unsound generalisation which doesn't apply wholly to either heterosexuals or homosexuals. A lot of married heterosexuals never have kids and a lot of unmarried homosexuals do have kids.

Quote by: Mast True, but with the case of interracial conception then the child will be of the same orientation so will not blame his parents as the cause of his bullying, but instead his/her unchangeable difference, in this case race/skin colour. The same goes for the physically unnattractive.

But the child's difference is still the result of his parents' decision to have him. There isn't really a difference between the interracial couple and the gay couple: the specifics may be different, but both have chosen to have a child who has an extra reason to be bullied.