>This process of coming together, of gestation, of birth and helplessness, and of growth into a mature being, is a visible form of that which happens spiritually for the born again believer, just as marriage is a visible form of what will happen to believers and Jesus Christ in eternity (as we, the church, the bride of Christ, will be married to Him for eternity, being always together, always faithful, as we are supposed to be upon this Earth, and in that way marriage upon the Earth is this foreshadowing of what's to come, which is why it is between a man and a woman, and why it is until death).
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>The man and woman come together and the new life begins. This is like us coming to God, and God coming to us, and in our heart we meet, we are moved, we are changed. This often comes through the witness of others, but it is always God in our heart that draws us. When this happens, the new life has begun. It grows and grows, slowly changing us outwardly, as with the mother going through bodily changes as the baby grows inside of her. At some point the term has come and the baby is delivered. After some time the mother no longer exhibits the outward signs of being pregnant, yet this new thing exists in her life which, all things being equal, will be with her forever. This is similar to what happens to us as we grow in belief and faith to the point where we begin to outwardly demonstrate more and more that we do believe (our "spiritual belly" gets bigger, and people begin to ask us questions about the new changes -- "Why are you talking like this, Rick?" -- "Why haven't you come to watch any more movies with us?"), and at some point the new thing in our life is no longer just within us, but is outside of us and goes out from us impacting the things around us forever.
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Are you seriously arguing this even in rape cases resulting in pregnancy? And there ARE cases where only the rapist fell into fertile window. Forcing such logic to the end, why not marry rapist and victim - as some countries/cultures sometimes do?