seems so very difficult to some of you. I wonder why... Johnno : It was the Christian doctors who made marriage equality about the quality of child upbringing. For gays, it is about marriage, nothing more or less. Gays are not using children to justify being able to marry officially. It is the opponents who use it to oppose their marriage. Strangely, they are not proposing to ban the marriage of post-menopausal women even though they are no more capable of natural conception than two male gays. leigh of Tregevis : Alpo : 15 May 2012 8:24:15pm "By logical extension of the author's argument, polygamous marriage should therefore be legalised in Australia.".. There is nothing to stop polygamists to present their case and experiences and start lobbying. Factual (although not legal) polygamy is a widespread reality around the world. Ben Callegari : 15 May 2012 9:20:07pm Infidel: and the logical concomitant of your argument is that we should be legislating marriage to be illegal for infertile couples, women post-menopause or anybody who is unfit to be a parent e.g. through a criminal conviction. We are not talking about polygamy we are talking about the removal of statutory enshrined discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation which your comments do not appear to address. I applaud the authors for their mature, and well reasoned article, and I hope it enlightens the narrow-minded, judgemental, bigoted opponents of marriage equality who unbelievably purport to be acting in the best interests of children. H