Gay marriage has no effect on population increase

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Following the logic in the "From the Wire" column by Sean Trobaugh in the April 26 issue of The Breeze which stated that homosexuals should not be allowed the benefit of marriage because they tend not to "fulfill their inherent responsibilities" of procreation, we should not be allowing infertile people to get married and we perhaps should also punish couples who fail to provide the appropriate number of children. Whether or not gay couples can get married will have no effect on the number "of potential breeding adults," and certainly will have little effect on heterosexuals' efforts to maintain — or increase — the population.

Peter Calvert
JMU staff.