Letter: Family values used as an excuse for bigotry

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 | 7:12 a.m.

With regard to the many letters and sentiments that claim marriage is strictly to protect and preserve the family: If this is so, why are couples allowed to be married who are childless, some by choice?

Should we not have a law that, say, annuls these marriages if a child is not produced within at least the first year of marriage? After all, if the sanctity of marriage is to protect the family, and these people are not meeting that standard, they should not be entitled to the same rights as those who are married and have children. Or are we just masking bigotry with inconsistency?

Timothy James, Las Vegas

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