How Far Does This Opposite Of The Opposite Sex Marriage Thang Go?
I hear Gay people say; If two people love each other, they should marry too. It does not matter if they are same sex are opposite sex. If they love each other, they should get married.
Then I hear from the same or similar people; dogs are people too.
Where are we going with this?
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I don’t think we have to worry about bestiality becoming legalized if gays are permitted to marry. Pedophilia won’t be made legal either. At most, it will open the door for polygamous marriages to become legal. IMO, neither gay marriage nor polygamy should be illegal as long as all parties are consenting adults of the human species.
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Unfortunately, the end game is the devaluation of marriage to a contract of convenience.
There are all kinds of relationships, but marriage is unique as the building block of society. Role assumption (mother, father, husband, wife) is not equally performed by either gender.
We have to come to the point that we say there is NO difference between a man and a woman in a relationship. Scientifically, this is wrong across men and women in general, but instead of saying “that’s true” we find exceptions…women that profile more like the male norm, and vice versa. Then we draw the conclusion: since this is one possible combination (exceptions from male and female) that are very similar, then if two people are really similar (same gender) they should not be kept from marriage.
This requires the male and female (in marriage) be completely interchangeable. From there it is an easy conclusion that any combination of people (same sex or otherwise) could constitute a marriage. You illustrate that by saying “if two people love each other” as being the ONLY criteria…so marriage is just an expression of love between two interchangeable people.
All you have to do from there is to say that “people are just mammals”, and now you can substitute an animal in the relationship. Remember that if “loving each other” is the only qualifier, then why not?
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
In my personal opinion i thing gays should be able to get married in a civil ceremony. I don’t think they should get married in a church. I have nothing against them but I don’t think the marriage can be recognized in the eyes of God. I mean he made Adam and Eve, not two Adams. I think that traditionally it is supposed to be man and wife. It’s no different to a Christian being unable to marry in a Catholic church even if the fiance is Catholic. However I do believe they should be able to live together and have all the same rights. Just not in a church.
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I don’t know where you are going with your question. Are you trying to compare the love that two humans share and something disgusting like beastiality? When people say dogs are humans too they are not being literal they mean dogs have feelings, feel pain, and need love.
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Well, it won’t lead to inter-species marriage as you want to imply. The type of people you’re describing are just more sympathetic to the feelings of other beings than you appear to be.
May 14, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Haha. I’m going to steal this and give it to my 17 year old who likes to ponder such things with his buddies around the campfire.