I quite agree with Zachary Kramer’s Jan. 18 letter to the editor in which he takes the position that marriage should be open to all who seek to honor their committed relationship, whether heterosexual or otherwise.
We are told that marriage should be limited to unions of men and women because only they can procreate. But God has never decreed that. For example, I know a heterosexual couple who are very close friends of mine who got married but agreed never to have children because that would not be their lifestyle. Never will they procreate, but they were married in a Christian church and, of course, they were issued a marriage license pursuant to our civil law.
We all know, and in fact may have within our own families, heterosexual couples who got married but for medical reasons cannot have children. Certainly the omniscient God knew this, yet they were allowed to marry pursuant to their faith and our civil law. If God were truly interested in having marriages only for the purpose of procreation, why should couples like these be allowed to marry each other?
By far the better answer is to extend the privilege of marriage to all those who seek to reinforce their committed relationship of love for one another. Society will be better off for it, and the ability to procreate should have nothing to do with it.
