What madhatter is failing to consider is that survival of the race depends not only on breeding children, but on taking care of the ones we have. We're doing a great job of the former, and really don't need any help with that. Where we're failing is on the latter. This is where gay and lesbian families can and do help. They need our support to do that, in the form of same-sex marriage protections. That is why, as the Supreme Court says, marriage is fundamental to our survival, and that includes same-sex marriage.