the society no longer has an institution which promotes a specific behavior (unite with a member of the opposite sex in order to create a family unit and raise children). Yes, there is still marriage, and yes, women and men can still marry and procreate. But the society is not *specifically promoting* that behavior anymore. The behavior society is promoting is something along the lines of "Find someone you love to live with".
Yes, and this is where we come back to divergent values and the issue on which you and I will never agree, because I find absolutely nothing wrong with your final sentence. Indeed, I find it welcoming, inclusive and treating all law-abiding members of society on equal terms, and that's the kind of society I like to live in.
I'm
not saying that I believe you're wrong to think otherwise; I'm just reiterating my earlier point that we're never going to convince each other here.
Wendy
