Quick Reply x4

I'm not sure if this is the correct term, but I think you've established a false dichotomy.  I'll answer your questions but I want you to answer mine afterwards.

1.  Yes, nuclear family is an essential part of western civilization.
2.  Yes, preserve western civilization.
3.  I don't know, but no reason to disagree, so yes.

Now your turn:

1.  Is the hot dog an essential component of Costco's food court?
2.  Was Costco's food court awesome in 1995?
3.  Aren't chicken bakes, churros, and smoothies also awesome?


MINIMAL COMMENTARY FOLLOWS:

Maybe I messed up the point there, but you can see what I'm going for.  There are studies (I'm using plural- I know for a fact that at least one exists) that show that kids raised by gay couples do at least as well as the average kid from a heterosexual mother.  Obviously, there are all sorts of issues with the study (by definition, you would have two parents instead of one, the child was obviously planned for, it doesn't compare the homosexual kids to kids adopted by heterosexual families, etc.), but the fact is that homosexual couples can basically do everything that heterosexual couples can, except for have kids and not gross a certain segment of society out.

If we were in a situation where we suffered from severe underpopulation, or if we were even trending that way, I'd see the argument that we should do everything to discourage homosexuality as being stronger.