Well, I don't think we should be encouraging children to dream of getting married, period. Children should be children, and they should dream of skies that rain gumdrops, of endless summer days with no bedtimes, of circuses, puppies and mile-long waterslides, of fairies and flying carpets and fantastical universes, not of marriages, nor of careers, owning cars or homes, or any of the responsibilities of adult life, at least not before the age of 10! Children should not be read fairy tales in which people "get married and live happily ever after", as though that were the point or the greatest possible accomplishment of a human life.

But what I don't want is for our children, those of them who are attracted to people of the same sex, to have to dream of a future in which they will be allowed to marry someone they love—I want them to find it hard to believe that there was ever a time when people weren't allowed to do so!! Just like most children today would find it hard to believe that not so long ago one was forbidden to marry someone with a different skin color! Already many of today's children can't imagine why gays and lebsian are not allowed to be married like everyone else!
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