Opinion

'Nothing of value' rants are wearisome

Posted October 12, 2014 12:01 am

I am getting tired of diatribes such as that of George Kocan (Oct. 7, "Denying the very basis of law, justice"), where he defines marriage as for the purpose of procreation.

"That means a biological father and a biological mother who have a 'parental investment' in the welfare of the child," he states. He also promotes "reproductive fitness" to pass along the genes and "caregivers" who are biologically related.

Marriage is for the "protection of children"? What about couples who cannot have them or choose not to adopt? By his definition, those marriages produce nothing of value to society.

My parents could not have children, so they adopted me. Since they did not "produce" me, was their marriage not of any value? While they looked after my welfare, I cannot pass along their genes, which Mr. Kocan calls "sociobiology."

I have no dog in this fight, but to say homosexual unions produce nothing of value, what about justice for the children who might otherwise grow up in an orphanage or foster home, when there are loving couples - or even single straight individuals for that matter - willing to adopt them, should they choose to do so?

Jane Charmelo

Lombard

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