| Waychel, in the case of a pair of homos in a marriage it should have no effect at all on the laws. It would be no different than the family of an infertile couple or a family that did not want children. There need be no change to the law what so ever.
Now as to other religious traditions having more influence over the law than they should, I would say that polygamy should be allowed unless someone can make an argument based on secular reasons for why it should not be allowed. I can think of at least one such argument. But such an argument would also apply to families made of couples.
The law in this land as based on the idea of family is way out of sync with the reality of family life in this country and that is even before considering gay couples. As a society there are several thorny issues we will be forced to deal with. The gay marriage thing is nothing compared with what we are facing. I would argue that making babies should no more be a right then driving a car. We will allow people to have children that we would not allow to own pets. I think that if people choose to engage in self destructive behavior that is their business. Blow their brains out for all I care, but when they bring innocent children into it, that is another matter entirely. I know that I am going into a rats nest of problems but gay marriage is nothing compared to these problems.
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