I've just realised another potentially important benefit of marriage. I'm married to an American. One of the reasons we had to marry to stay together was so either of our Governments would allow us to stay together on their soil (UK or US) and work etc.
This would again be something potentially denied to a gay couple.
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Originally Posted by dr wadd
But what is the critical factor that makes the union of a man and woman "special"? Leaving aside religion there is only one difference, a heterosexual couple have the potential to produce children, the homosexual couple do not. Other than that I cannot see any factor that would warrant the description "special", and if this is the case, then by extension does that not detract from a heterosexual marriage where one of the individuals is sterile?
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Taking this a step further in a lesbian relationship where a child was created by artifical insemination is that any different to a straight relationship where a child was created through AI. Both would have similar parental issues.