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Pariah said:
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r3x29yz4a said:
but with the population double what it was 25 years ago, and still growing rapidly, is it efficient at all to encourage people to have more and more children?



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The point of the system doesn't encourage more kids. It helps prepare for those kids and to make sure they grow up to be good and balanced citizens.


but what about single mothers/fathers? they can raise their kids just fine, and so can gay people.
kids grow up "balanced" based on the way they're treated and the things they're taught. two decent gay people will raise as good a kid as two decent straight people or one single straight person.

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and aren't gay marriages an efficient idea because once married they'd be more inclined to adopt children and give those children a better chance at college and being more productive in the economy?


You really have a short memory don't you? I'm not sure where you get the idea that they'd be "more inclined" to adopt children when they're married. They can just get a civil union or merge their funds and power of attorneys. And in the end, the government still helps pay for those adopted kids.



okay, pariah. gay marriage is a tax scam.

Bow ties are coool.