If Gay marriage becomes legal, what next?

Question

Here's my thought process. Gays want marriage. They say that they have every right to marry, and we should think that it is normal. If we allow for it, then the slope becomes ever more slippery. Mormons and other cultures believe you should be able to marry multiple partners. It is in their religion. If we allow gay marriage, how can we NOT allow bigamy and polygamy. Once we have all of that craziness, what is stopping us from marrying our siblings? Our parents? Our children? WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE AND WHY. If you say marrying your mother is just disgusting and wrong well GUESS WHAT, those of us against Gay marriage think that Homosexuality is disgusting and wrong. What are your thoughts?

Yes, I am totally serious about this. In New York I was ready to vote for Eliot Spitzer. Then I found out he supports gay marriage. Now he doesn't get my vote. I have no problem with homosexuals doing their thing behind closed doors. However, I have a huge problem with gays trying to argue that anybody that doesn't agree with their lifestyle is intolerant. Most americans do not agree with it. We do not feel that it is normal. We do not feel that it should be accepted. Don't give me some BS argument that we thought SLAVERY was normal. Totally distinguishable. Go do your thing and leave us out of it.

Obviously you can see how divided we are on this issue, and emotions are high on each side. That means those of you against gay marriage DAMNED WELL better wake up, register and vote against any candidate that is for ANY type of gay marriage. They are trying to take over, and they are winning because you are alseep at the wheel. If you cannot do it for you, do it for your children.

Answer 1

The slippery slope has thus far failed to materialize in countries and other jurisdictions where Same-Sex Marriage is legal. I can recall prior to it's legislation in Canada, conservatives where crying bloody murder and foretelling the end of the world, saying if two men or two women could marry, what's next, marrying animals, etc. It all came to nothing. The legislation was passed, courts are now working their way through the process of Same-Sex Divorces, and everyone's minding their own business.

The reason the slippery slope fails to materialize is that in the current social climate of North America, "Deviant" (and I use that term for lack of a better word) choices such as Polygamy and interfamilial marriage are far too fringe.

It's getting too be to much of a hassle just having one spouse, nevermind taking on others. And as for marrying your mother or brother, well, the problem there is that it's also been legislated that incest is illegal, so that stops those potential couples, and I'm not sure how that social tenet came about, but genetics is now proving that it's just a really bad idea to procreate with someone who shares a huge chunk of your DNA.

Children, as minors, cannot sign a legally-binding document such as a marriage certificate, and animals, well, they can't even read one, never mind sign one. Suddenly that slippery slope looks more like a dusty ant hill.

I have never received a satisfactory answer to the question, "Why should it bother anyone else as long as it doesn't harm the two informed, consenting adults?" Not one reasoned response. Why does it hurt you that two men or women, who don't live your life, choose to legally bind themselves to each other?

Answer 2

There are lines, but They can get erased pretty easy, all it takes is a lot of screaming. You just keep it up until people get tired of the noise.
Unfortunately it's the ones who want change that scream the loudest.
All the ones who are happy and content are pacifists and let them have their way as long as they're not directly affected by the change.
It's our own fault, and we won't really do or say anything until we become the minority.
Homosexuallity has been here since the creation of Man, just like prostitution, and will always be here. Marriage is only a piece of paper for legal and income tax purposes.
Personally I'd rather see a gay person get the inheritance instead of the government.
And....They can pay for a divorce just like all the rest of us.

Answer 3

The real purpose of gay marriage if the SSI benefits that a spouse is entitled to. It's a money issue, nothing more. I see gay couples all the time and no one has any problems from them(maybe with them, but not from them). What the gays pushing for this do not realize is that it will only last for a very short time as the SS system is eft-up and will run out in a matter of years. They will also inheret the problem of alimony and child support when a divorce occurs. I choose not to get married again because of all the hassles that are involved. Frankly women are not worth the problems and I sure as hell know a man wouldn't be.

Answer 4

I think you are confusing a lot of issues here. Briefly, a big part of the reason we are conditioned against the idea of family relationships (with siblings, parents, even cousins) is that it is not good for the gene pool - hereditary diseases are more likely to recur etc. Similarly with polygamy the reproductive gene pool would be narrowed. So there are sound, solid medical/survival of the species arguments against those practices wether you agree with them or not - not just some random person deciding THEY think it is wrong/disgusting or whatever.

Gay marriage, on the other hand, is a different thing altogether. If two same-sex people are in a relationship they are, generally, not part of the breeding pool. Therefore wether or not they get married is no odds (except to their friends and family of course!). That is why the line should be drawn in favour of allowing gay marriage.

Answer 5

You will get a few more Conservatives out of the situation but the fags are for the most part liberal and will remain so. They don't need their union certified they need to be certified. Marriage is of course a union of man and woman. I assure you the framers of the constitution new this to be self evident. Berkeley bubble economics only works in the bay area as most Americans are aware of and we have spoken so shut up and go to the back of the bus. "your just homophobic and full of hate!!!" No, I just cant hang out with people that are so confused as to disregard their own purpose. You really don't know what that thing between your legs was designed for? I guess I'm too smart to be a fag as is the vast majority of people on this planet. Great plan though. Balls deep in poo and no hope for the future. Did you think of that one on your own or was it the drugs and bathhouses?"

Answer 6

Others must agree with you; 20 states have passed bans on gay marriage during the Bush administration. It's one of his achievements.

Anything can go down a slippery slope. The new terror law takes the right to a lawyer from defendants, allows heresay evidence, and coerced confessions. This only applies to people accused of terrorism, for now. It takes away some rights given by Anglo-American justice system since 1215. Do you think this is a slippery slope?

Answer 7

Trust me, marriages within the family are not likely to ever be legalized. Why? Because they open the door to incest, which is not only a hugely illegal practice in itself, but it's very dangerous and we'd mess up the gene pool.
Gay marriage does not equal Armageddon.
And I'm not strongly against polygamy among consenting and responsible adults in religious circles anyway, so I can't speak for that.

Answer 8

First gay marriage, then gay divorce. I think it's disgusting too, but that's me. Where do you and I get off deciding sexuality for others? What progress have the bigots made in outlawing inter-racial marriage?

Answer 9

It never ceases to amaze me. The planet is critically ill. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost in a perpetual war based on lies and impossible goals. Religions founded on principles of love and tolerance have mutated into forums for bigotry and hatred, and you're worried that guys want to be with guys? Do you believe you're a Christian. Where did Jesus (not the old testament, not Revelations) but Jesus, the true source of your faith say men couldn't marry men. I don't care much what you think of it. It's none of your business.

Answer 10

Very good point, but good luck getting any traction on it. DEMS/Liberals are hypocrites they support gay marriage because they think it will get the gay vote, they could care less about gay rights. To answer your question more specifically yes the slope get very slippery and eventually a line will have to be drawn.

I think the easiest would be to extend marriage laws to be defined as the union between one un-related human being to a another single human being, leaving race and or sex out of it. This also would prevent someone using it to justify wedding their pet goat or having 6 wives.