Well, if you found it on Wikipedia, it must be true.
Also, the key word there is per se.
There is no scientific question that a smaller gene pool leads to more deformation and disease. For example, Jewish people and African-American people as groups both have certain diseases far more than the average population because of the historical tendency for individuals within these groups to inter-marry. The Russian czars had a problem with their blood. There are blue-hued people in Appalachia. Etc. etc.
If only one in a thousand planes crashed, or the amusement park ride crashed only once every thousand rides, would the government not be able to make law about it?
Actually, Canada's fertility rate hasn't changed since 2003, i.e., before same-sex marriage was legalized. CIA stats, via IndexMundi: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=ca&v=31
Thus I fail to see a causal link between gay marriage and the country's fertility rates.
Obviously gay marriage does not preclude population growth. Straight couples will continue to produce children whether gay marriage is legal or not.
And if fertility rates and population growth (or security) are one's criterion for a healthy country (as you suggest, I think -- please correct me if I'm wrong), then legalizing gay marriage is a step in the right direction. Arguably gays and lesbians who wish to add children to a nation's population (say, via sperm donation or surrogate pregnancies) would be encouraged by the existence of legal protections and rights afforded by government-granted marriage.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 202 of 202Well, if you found it on Wikipedia, it must be true.
Also, the key word there is per se.
There is no scientific question that a smaller gene pool leads to more deformation and disease. For example, Jewish people and African-American people as groups both have certain diseases far more than the average population because of the historical tendency for individuals within these groups to inter-marry. The Russian czars had a problem with their blood. There are blue-hued people in Appalachia. Etc. etc.
If only one in a thousand planes crashed, or the amusement park ride crashed only once every thousand rides, would the government not be able to make law about it?
Andrew,
Actually, Canada's fertility rate hasn't changed since 2003, i.e., before same-sex marriage was legalized. CIA stats, via IndexMundi:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=ca&v=31
Thus I fail to see a causal link between gay marriage and the country's fertility rates.
Obviously gay marriage does not preclude population growth. Straight couples will continue to produce children whether gay marriage is legal or not.
And if fertility rates and population growth (or security) are one's criterion for a healthy country (as you suggest, I think -- please correct me if I'm wrong), then legalizing gay marriage is a step in the right direction. Arguably gays and lesbians who wish to add children to a nation's population (say, via sperm donation or surrogate pregnancies) would be encouraged by the existence of legal protections and rights afforded by government-granted marriage.
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