WSJ: Democracy loses if Prop. 8 is overturned.

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Kasz216 said:
Couldn't a guy and woman also just get married for the tax benefits?

Yes, but again, your chances of a child still resulting from this relationship is higher. As I said, since you can't legally force people to have and raise children, all that state laws can do is encourage the action.

and no, as I said, there are differences in perspective between the genders and having both of these is important. a very basic example is how well a single father would be able to help his daughter deal with her first period, or how a single mother would be able to teach her son to pee standing up. There are other far more subtle things that are still highly important, and it's not just a matter of one gender having a better perspective for a certain situation, but that having both differening perspectives is what is important as well.