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My Marriage

Marriage is for procreation. Really?   THAT is your argument?   That marriage’s sole purpose is to repopulate our country?   If it weren’t such an offensive “debate” point, I would probably laugh. I am a supporter of equal rights.   EQUALITY, to me, is a founding principle of civility.   Equal rights for ALL – women, people of color, immigrants, and yes – the LGBT community.   I do not, cannot , understand how those opposed to equality can choose to ignore our country’s recent past; when interracial couples were not allowed to marry, African Americans had to drink from separate water fountains, and women – our Great-Aunts and Grandmothers – were not allowed to vote.     What has erased these sad parts of our history in their minds and made it “okay” for them to replicate the discrimination now?   How is it even DEBATABLE that all Americans should or should not be treated equally?   Now back to their “argument”.   Marriage is for procreation.   So my marriage is not valid.