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People don't go to prison for having a dog without a license. This is a strawman argument. The fact that marriage gave permission and approval by society for a couple to start a family does not and did not mean that you can't have as many bastards as you would like or that you go to prison for doing it. Is have thought reasonably intelligent people would understand this. I am thinking this is more just the dishonest argumentation that is a defining characteristic of the progressives than it is stupidity, though. I don't think anyone capable of logging onto a computer is too stupid to understand this.
I will add one thing as an aside. Those ignorant mouthpieces among you that want to rant about haters and call anyone that opposes homosexual marriage a bigot merely harden the position against it. After all the venom I've seen from the pinko left after this, I'll go out of my way to vote against it. Funny that I never was a hater but all the name-calling, vitriol and nastiness from the punk left may end up making it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Everyone that disagrees with the progressive agenda today gets called a racist, bigot and hater. And every time that happens, the chasm between the right and left widens. It makes it damned hard to be sympathetic to "the cause".
What I was laughing about was the obvious flaw in your argument. People, whether married or not, gay or straight, don't need to have a license issued to them in order to have children. This argument only came about recently once the GOP anti-gay crowd needed something to further justify their position on marriage. But I digress...
Just so we're clear, I firmly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. It is how God intended it to be based on Biblical teaching. However, our system of legalism does provide a way whereby gays and lesbians can attain the same rights as a traditional married couple without officially issuing a marriage license. That means is through common-law marriage. Nonetheless, I do believe that the SCOUS ruled properly by throwing out DOMA and over turning CA's Prop 8. Both violated the Equal Protection clause under the Constitution.