Gay marriage should be legal

Thank you very much for your argument! You make a very valid point, and that is actually the only argument opposed to gay marriage that makes one iota of sense to me, but there is one fatal flaw in that argument that simply can't be ignored: 1000 years ago, maybe people married to have kids. Now, no doubt some people do, but many simply don't. Not to mention, many people are infertile. Should we let them marry? How about seniors? By your definition as to the reasons for marriage, a woman who has been through menopause equates has the same ability to make babies with a man as another man does. The law that you are defending does not recognize that. Also, for those couples who just don't want children, what are they "contributing" to society (despite the looming threat of overpopulation)? Not to mention, as of 2007, nearly 40% of babies were born out of wedlock [1]. So it appears that marriage has only a modest correlation with the making of babies. So, then, why isn't the government also rewarding people who choose not to marry? As I said, marriage used to be about making babies, but I would venture to say that today, it's generally not. Now, heterosexual marriages do offer back to the community in some respects, but gay marriages do too, perhaps more so. Without the bond of marriage, it's harder for some people to feel bonded to one person. As a result, they might sleep around. If they do that, they can spread sexually transmitted diseases, such as the notorious HIV/AIDS virus. It goes without saying that it is fairly rampant in the Gay community. It even used to be called GRID (Gay Related Immune Deficiency) or 4H (Hatian, Homosexual, Hemopheliac, Heroin addict) disease. Now, I have no reason to believe that homosexuals would have a gene that would make them more susceptible to AIDS. Perhaps men are more likely to use protection when sleeping around with women so as to not impregnate them, but as we see that 40% of babies are born out of wedlock, and especially considering that birth control is an effective method of contraception but it does not protect against STDs. My theory as to why AIDS is so common in the Gay community has to do with the fact that they are more likely to sleep around. My lesbian friend has mentioned that there is a lot of sleeping around within her community. It could be that homosexual people are simply immoral, but I'm not an extremist, so I won't settle for that idea. I think the most likely explanation is that they don't feel the sort of duty to their partners that married couples do. Some do, no doubt, but many don't. I'm not saying that it's right, but that's not for the government to decide. So if they don't feel that tie, they're more likely to sleep around and spread AIDS. Now, how does this tie back into giving back to the government? Well, for one, now that there is slight government regulation of the healthcare system, it will cost the government less money if fewer people get AIDS. It will also reduce the need for government sponsorships of AIDS research since it will be in lower demand. Not to mention, legalizing gay marriage will cut out all of the legal fees to pay for lawyers to defend the current law (though the DOJ has stopped defending it, Speaker Boehner has expressed interest in using tax money to have the House of Representatives defend it [2]), so legalizing gay marriage could even lower taxes. I am looking forward to your response! 1. http://articles.cnn.com... 2. http://www.npr.org...