From a reader:

As a woman who has been married for almost 9 years and who has no children and no intention of having children, I find the latest argument regarding restricting marriage to only couples with children a bit silly. I agree that children are better off in a home with a loving mother and father. But I do not agree that the sole purpose of marriage is to produce children. Isn’t society better off with the stability married couples provide, whether or not they have children? And what are we going to do with those men and women who are infertile? Surely there is an argument to be made against gay marriage without resorting to that old canard “It’s for the children.”