State-sanctioned “marriage” (as opposed to “marriage” sanctioned by a religious authority or by two persons who privately pledge to be “married”) is merely a set of PROPERTY rights intended to protect and nurture children. State-sanctioned “marriage” gives the couple mutual property rights that enhance the couple’s financial stability to encourage them to invest resources in bearing and nurturing children. Its rationale does not apply to same-sex couples who are naturally, and ethically, disqualified from parenthood. Same-sex couples, like some single heterosexual adults who rely on artificial insemination or surrogates to produce children without a spouse, ethically disqualify themselves from parenthood by selfishly withholding from children a fundamental human right – the right to be born to a mother and a father. Intentionally denying a child a mother and father is child abuse. The so-called “human rights” campaign seems little concerned about the human rights of children. If parents deny their child court-ordered payments of money, the parents are jailed. But if parents deny their child the fundamental right to a mother and father, we pat the parents on the back for advancing “human rights”.  Adults, whether heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual, who would intentionally deny artificially-created children a mother and a father, should be legally barred from artificial insemination and from surrogately-conceiving children. Hospitalization is certainly foreseeable for people who engage in high-risk behavior that regularly transmits serious and sometimes deadly infections. If two people want to be able to visit in the hospital, they can give one another medical power of attorney. That is far simpler and uses much less paper than getting married or divorced.
 Mark Brown
San Angelo, Texas
December 14, 2011

What is marriage? State-sanctioned “marriage” is merely a set of PROPERTY rights intended to protect and nurture children. State-sanctioned “marriage” gives the couple mutual property rights that enhance the couple’s financial stability to encourage them to invest resources in bearing and nurturing children. Its rationale does not apply to same-sex couples who are ethically and naturally disqualified from parenthood. Same-sex couples, like some single heterosexual adults who rely on artificial insemination or surrogates to produce children without a spouse, ethically disqualify themselves from parenthood by selfishly withholding from children a fundamental human right – the right to be born to a mother and a father. Intentionally denying a child a mother and father is child abuse. When will we protect the HUMAN RIGHTS of children? Adults, whether homosexual or heterosexual, who would intentionally deny artificially-created children a mother and a father should be legally barred from artificial insemination and from surrogately-conceiving children.  Mark Adams Brown
San Angelo, Texas
Nov. 4, 2011