1. None of those encourages children.
2. They are all extensions of legally binding two people. How many of those are simple transfer of ownership from dead spouse to living spouse?
All of the bullet points in the link reward heterosexual unions.
Only if they sell it. That seems to encourage selling of homes, not buying them.
So what does all this have to do with procreation?
It rewards heterosexual unions. Rewarding heterosexual unions is good because it helps families and provides a more stable environment for procreation. I don't see what rewarding homosexual unions does for anyone.
As least when we give out welfare its done with under the condition that they are actively seeking gainful employment. It's not a total waste of money. It's keeping them fed until they can find work and start bringing in more tax revenue again. In the case of gays, there is no benefit at all for giving them the homo benefits they're demanding.
I just realized something.
Something so profound that I wanted to separate it from my original argument.
Why does it matter if we reward a minority group of marriages in the same way as traditional? It won't cheapen the reward or incentive to procreate. People aren't going to say "Well if gays can get married and get tax and spouse benefits, why should I bother?".
So why don't you want homosexuals to have marriage benefits?
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Are you suggesting that all citizens have only one function and that function is to procreate? Because that's what it sounds like. Which is odd considering the number of children in foster care or other non-traditional homes is over 400,000 in the US.
According to the US census Bureau, there are 646,000 same sex couple households in the US.
If each of those households had the legal right to adopt (marriage helps with that) then the federal funding for orphans and foster care could drop significantly. Not only that but the children would likely become more productive to society, raised in a family environment rather than foster care or an orphanage. Even if the child has two mothers or two fathers.
Also, as a married couple, homosexuals would have the same spending power as married, heterosexual couples.
In fact, if you really want to go on about procreation, homosexual couples CAN procreate with a donor. Either donor sperm or a surrogate mother.
So let's break it down:
Homosexual vs Heterosexual marriages.
Can care for children: Yes - Yes
Can have children with DNA matching one parent: Yes - Yes
Can have children with DNA matching both parents: No - Yes
Can pay taxes: Yes - Yes
Can adopt: Yes - Yes
Can raise healthy, socially adjusted children: Yes - Yes
Can buy a house: Yes - Yes