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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Convictions : procreation</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/procreation/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: procreation</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Throwing Out the Baby With the Diaper: A Response to Eric Posner on the Importance of Marriage</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/05/27/throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-diaper-a-response-to-eric-posner-on-the-importance-of-marriage.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:2990</guid><dc:creator>Doug Kmiec</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/comments/2990.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2990</wfw:commentRss><description>When the California Supreme Court included same-sex couples within the "fundamental right" of marriage, it was declaring the "social goods" of marriage to be too important to be kept from individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation. The ruling must not be interpreted as saying marriage -- and the marital family -- is unimportant....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/2008/05/27/throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-diaper-a-response-to-eric-posner-on-the-importance-of-marriage.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2990" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/Douglas+W.+Kmiec/default.aspx">Douglas W. Kmiec</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/same-sex+marriage/default.aspx">same-sex marriage</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/california+gay+marriage/default.aspx">california gay marriage</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/convictions/archive/tags/procreation/default.aspx">procreation</category></item></channel></rss>