And the defenders of same sex marriage say no, procreation is not the only purpose of marriage what about a lifelong, mutual, loving commitment?

The opponents of same sex marriage say that the purpose of marriage, fundamentally, is procreation, and that's what's worthy of honoring and recognizing and encouraging.

The median age to begin procreation is 19 years, and this is identical in urban areas (18,9 years) and in the rural ones (19,1 years).

The total fertility rate in 1995 2000 is estimated to be 6.1 children per woman in reproductive age, with the procreation ages being very precocity.

You commit unnatural acts with men and cut off the way (of procreation), and commit obscenities in your gatherings. The only answer his people made was Bring the punishment of God, if you are truthful.

You commit unnatural acts with men and cut off the way (of procreation), and commit obscenities in your gatherings. The only answer his people made was Bring the punishment of God, if you are truthful.

Beyond equality of status, there is a need to strengthen the independence and freedom of women in Guinea by combating sexist violence and strengthening women's rights to take responsible decisions regarding their sexuality and procreation.

The chief argument of those opposed to the bill is that marriage has always meant a lifelong union aimed at procreation and child rearing. This is its normative meaning the best that the human race has come up with to secure its survival.

On a societal level, genetic engineering that only the wealthy can afford would threaten social cohesion by ruling out equality of opportunity. Genetic haves and have nots could form separate castes, with reproductive isolation possibly producing physical changes that would make inter caste procreation impossible.

So, to the extent that evolution doesn't matter, doesn't care whether genes are passed on by individuals, living a long time or by procreation, there's a certain amount of modulation of that, which is why different species have different lifespans, but that's why there are no immortal species.

But there is a glaring weakness in the arguments of the bill s opponents while they hint darkly at the unintended consequences of legalizing same sex marriage, they cannot spell out exactly what these consequences would be. It is not obvious that normal marriage, procreation, or child rearing would be threatened by this add on.

The goal of the Strategic plan of the Republic of Tajikistan on reproductive health for the period up to 2014 is to improve reproductive health by recognizing the reproductive rights of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, accessible and acceptable methods of family planning and procreation, as well as to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.