re: #230 jaunte

I was thinking about what you said about the states interest in marriage; do you mean the resultant children from male-female marriage, maintaining population / taxpayers, or do you think an increased level of social stability also counts as a state interest?

Both, actually.

Remember, up until roughly a century ago, resources were much more limited - even in the United States - than they are currently.

The state always has an interest in the issues of 1) male behavior (married men are better citizens); 2) stable marriage (they require less state intervention at every level); and 3) orderly inheritance of resources.

Pretending that the State doesn’t have those interests, even now, is a curious blind spot on both sides, and consistently left out of the debate.