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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
The possible need for birth control for heterosexual couples...the lack of pregnancy issues for male-male relationships...just a couple of differences chosen from many.
You even say yourself "adopt or bear children". The rearing of those children may be the same. But options for having those children are radically different. Are we talking about equal in all ways? Or only in selected ways that fit a certain argument?
The poster I replied to said
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In my opinion, a marriage is a marriage, whether you're fertile, infertile, decide to adopt children or not. My brother and wife could not have children. they chose not to adopt. Friends of ours could not have children. They chose to adopt. We were fortunate and had our own children. In my mind, these are all legitimate marriages with no differences, so I go back to my original point of love and commitment making a marriage. I can't see how being able to conceive a child or not makes for a different marriage. I wonder if you are putting a very narrow set of parameters on what a marriage is, and my view is a lot wider.