
Devils advocate: Population deficiency is a real issue, only attempting to solve it with immigration is a poor idea. Marriage and the benefits therein should be reserved for straight couples because they are the only ones who can physically reproduce with each other. Don’t hit me with a whattaboutism about infertile people
Actually gay and lesbian couples can have kids too! It’s called adoption :)! Also what’s the point of having more kids when everything is too expensive? There’s a reason why my generation is having less kids, staying single, or just adopting if they actually want a kid. Birthing a child is also just miserable in this country it’s over 30,000 dollars just to have a kid. Also you can’t say “I don’t want to hear about infertile people” when it’s practically the same deal. You adopt.
Adoption is not a solution to needing more people. Adoption does not add a child to the population, it just moves a child already in the population to a new place. My point as to why marriage should remain between men and women without touching religion is that they PRODUCE children and help lessen the population crisis we seem to be staring down. I understand it is expensive to have kids, but married, straight couples usually make it work.