Rev. Mark Worth makes some great “conservative” points arguing for marriage equality in a piece published in the Bangor (Maine) Daily News:
Good marriages benefit the entire community. The legal institution of marriage promotes family stability and cohesiveness. Marriage promotes financial security, long-term commitment and faithfulness. I believe these are good things. They are good for straight families and they are good for gay families….And so this is a very conservative case for marriage equality. Marriage promotes family values that should be available to all families, not just straight families….
Maine’s Catholic bishop and an opponent of marriage equality, declared that “the ability and obligation to procreate” is an essential part of marriage, and without this component marriage is “meaningless.” ….My wife and I have been married for 29 years. Our marriage has produced no children, and we are now beyond our child-bearing years. Yet our marriage is not meaningless….And hundreds of other childless couples in Maine have meaningful marriages, too….
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