“the fact that a man and a woman can become related to each other biologically by having a child. (In cases of infertility”
So, wait, wait. The RIGHT to marry is based on the ABILITY TO REPRODUCE. But also afforded to couples that cannot reproduce. So that’s NOT the basis of the RIGHT.
I mean, seriously, if that’s the basis of marriage, then it wouldn’t even BE a marriage until kids were produced.
You would commit, enter into a “civil union,” until the first kid is produced, then have your ‘turned into a marriage’ ceremony in the maternity ward waiting room.
Some couples would stay a ‘civil union’ forever.
There’d be an additional level for couples with adopted kids, or one parent bringing in a kid from a previous relationship.
But, no. “marriage” is legally a partnership, a joining of interests and property, kinda streamlined by many years of convention and precedent, the occasional court ruling. Nothing at all about kids.
“here is nothing in nature to sanction the mingling of sperm and feces”
Oily JOSH, you people are fixated on feces. Seek help!