Minnesota Marriage Minute -- Six Reasons Why Kids Should Be Left Out in the Cold

So, you're gonna end up with TWO blog posts AND a video from me today. Too much? I thought so. :-P

The reason being, I really want to address the six reasons gays cannot have marriage that the organization Minnesota For Marriage gave in their little weekly email blast "Marriage Minutes". Of course the reasons are of sound logic (if you're deranged) and are highly researched and educated (if the only person you've ever met or Googled is Rick Santorum) and absolutely true (if you live in an alternate reality).

Here's the video:

I know, that's pretty absurd in and of itself -- especially since churches will not be losing their tax exempt status for not recognizing same-sex marriage, and no one is suggesting they should. (I would suggest, however, that churches lose their tax exempt status the *second* they put any money whatsoever towards any piece of legislation.) The bold-faced lying going on in this video isn't particularly surprising or new and different though.

But then there was text that came with it. I'm just going to link to the article where I read the text, and then I'm going to tear apart the six reasons. The article is here. As for the six reasons....

• Sex between a man and a woman has the unique capacity to create a child.

It's probably not necessary to point out that couples get married all the time who don't procreate. We allow the elderly and the infertile to marry. Furthermore, this is frighteningly close to suggesting that the government tell us how many children each couple should have. I read Ender's Game. This is not a good idea.

• Pregnancy can occur regardless of whether the couple intends to create a child or not.

Which is actually why studies have shown that same-sex parents are often times better parents. See, they HAVE to want the child. Heterosexual couples don't.

• The new human life that is created is precious and needs the protection of adults.

And we all know that homosexuals don't age past seventeen. Ever. They never become adults. All the adult homosexuals you've ever met ARE LYING. They may look 176 years old, but they're actually still below the voting age.

• The man and woman who created the new life typically and are best at protecting and guiding the child.

Actually, again, it's been shown in multiple studies that homosexual couples are much more motivated as far as protecting and raising a child because they, by their very nature, must have wanted and committed to having and raising a child before they have it.

• They agree that they will both be legally responsible for any child conceived during the marriage.

Actually, no, they don't. The law forces them to be responsible for the child. This is why the law takes children from the care of unfit parents. This is why the law can force a deadbeat dad (or mother) to start paying child support. Many of the laws regarding marriage exist to protect the children of a couple -- protections the children raised by same-sex couples lack. Using the "children" argument is absolutely the fastest way to look like a cold-hearted hypocrite who doesn't care about children, and I appreciate that Minnesota For Marriage is making it SO easy to show how they don't care about children.

• Couples must work for decades to raise a child from conception to adulthood.

Oh, I get it. Because homosexuals don't live past the age of seventeen they're not able to work for decades. Now it all makes sense.