Senator Santorum on marriage, the reasons for:

[gridlore]

Why? Because -- principally because of children. I mean, it's -- it is the reason for marriage. It's not to affirm the love of two people. I mean, that's not what marriage is about. I mean, if that were the case, then lots of different people and lots of different combinations could be, quote, "married."

Marriage is not about affirming somebody's love for somebody else. It's about uniting together to be open to children, to further civilization in our society.

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Yeah, and...

[firecat]

...how does he get from "marriage is about raising children" to "people can't marry someone of their own sex"? Does he think people who are attracted to people of their own sex never have children? He'd be quite mistaken.