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Old 11-29-2006, 12:20 PM   #53
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer
The idea used to be to encourage people to get married and raise kids, since we seemed to have established that that is no longer going to be the recognized 'official' function of marriage...
It was never restricted to only couples capable of conceiving. It still serves the same purpose of encouraging and helping couples raising children, whether or not every couple has them. And plenty of gay couples have and raise children, regardless of the conception method.
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