Why do some anti-gay marriage people say that it's the same thing as marrying an animal?

Answer 1

It is a slippery slope fallacy. That is one of my pet peeves! I hate people that use slippery slopes in their argument.

Answer 2

The slippery slope argument is principally valid; the only real factor of conflict of words is not any matter in case you do or do not prefer to initiate the slide. a pair of examples: a million...Abortion The liberalisation of abortion regulation (here in GB) become reported on the time to allow abortions in case of ability severe harm to the mummy and not otherwise. combatants reported it would bring about abortion on call for. they have been shown to be good. there are of direction people who nevertheless oppose abortion, and people who welcome it being freely accessible, yet the two facets agree that the unique constrained reform opened the door to the present difficulty. 2...Homosexuality. The reform of the regulation in this section become reported (with the help of Quintin Hogg) inevitably to bring about the installation of what he delightfully referred to as 'B uggers' golf equipment' in each super city. We legalised gay relationships: we've those institutions (or the equivalent interior the fashion of gay discos etc.) all around. back, some human beings (myself coated) do not see why they might desire to not have their %.-up joints while those are accessible to something human beings - yet to disclaim that this observed on down the commonplace slope may well be merely naive. in certainty that a metamorphosis (extremely interior the regulation) often triggers a metamorphosis in thought. issues look achieveable and perfect that have been in the past unthinkable. So, we would like or hate the possibility, yet extending the assumption of marriage previous the classic one might nicely entail further progression down an identical lines. Marrying (or perhaps merely copulating with) animals is unlikely ever to be a majority activity - for one factor, animals might have no way of asserting 'i will' yet they often have a right away and painful way of asserting 'I won't.' even with the undeniable fact that, even with modern style, that is in all possibility that faster or later there may well be the slide down the slope: polygamous, incestuous and below-age marriages all take place here and there interior the international; that is probable that those in such unconventional relationships will finally ask (possibly effectively) for his or her place to be legalised here. that is consistently clever to think of heavily earlier upsetting an applecart.

Answer 3

What kind of people are YOU hanging around with? I've never heard that one before... well, I say that it's better to be an "animal" and have raw, passionate sex than to be a bunch of loser heteros who boink just to pop out kids to overpopulate our world further. Just don't mind those hypocritical jackoffs.... they think it's all right for a guy and girl who know nothing about each other to get married on a freaking TV show for a million bucks, but it's not all right for my hot gay guys and sweet gals to get married because a BOOK tells them so. Talk about f*cked up.

On a side note, I think bestiality is fine. I'm saying this only because there are people on here who are making known their close-mindedness for something they don't comprehend. They shouldn't judge zoosexuals if they've never tried! I haven't, but I think it'd be cool. *shrugs* lol

Answer 4

Isn't it one of the dumbest argument you've ever heard? I also hate it when someone close minded use that against gay marriage " If we let gays marry, what's stopping a farmer to want to marry his cow?" Dumb, dumb, dumb...
When some stupid conservatives say that, I just remind them that back when they freed slaves, some people were outraged saying " How can people with no soul want to be free? Are they going to let my sheep go free too?"
How is that different?

Answer 5

I think that's being very judgemental.
For me, to each his own. You want to get married as a man to another man, that's your life and I respect you for that.

It's your choice and you have to live with the results of your choice.

I used to condemn gays and joys (lesbians). Not so now.

I've learnt that it's no point trying to interfere into ppl's lives. They'll only hate you more. What do I get from that ?

I love you all just the same: hetrosexual, homosexual, bi-sexual, whatever sexual. Hope you find purpose in all that you do. :=)

Answer 6

It is not, even though I don't approve of either. Beastiality is a proven sign of severe mental problems, and obviously much more disgusting, and they only use it to win their fight against gay marriages by trying to make voters and legislation think they are the same. It is all politics, you try to make the other person look as bad as can to others so you will win your battle.

Answer 7

Because, ironically, most ignorant homophobes also turn out to hold advanced degrees in zoology. They are merely pointing out that homo sapiens is a species in the animal kingdom (simian phylum). Or maybe they're just ignorant fools who turn out to be (bio)logically correct, if not morally reprehensible.

Answer 8

I have never heard anyone say that, but it sounds pretty ridiculous to me... Wouldn't it just be marrying a human of the same-sex??

Answer 9

Their ignorance of gay-marriage is fuelled by by their hate.

Answer 10

Minkus, while I do not support gay marriage at all, I do not believe that it is any form of bestiality. If you have heard people say that then take them for what they are, extremist.