If the support for the retirees is their children (as it has been in most times and places), what other choice is there?
It's worth noting that Aristotle (who wrote quite a bit about the merits and limitations of male-male sexual relationships) articulated marriage for the Greek world as a purely heterosexual institution for that reason (and therefore same-sex relationships were relegated to being in parallel to reproductive marriage and subject to certain productive limits).
It's worth noting that Aristotle (who wrote quite a bit about the merits and limitations of male-male sexual relationships) articulated marriage for the Greek world as a purely heterosexual institution for that reason (and therefore same-sex relationships were relegated to being in parallel to reproductive marriage and subject to certain productive limits).