If legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior...?

Question

... and people may even wish to marry their pets, how will a dog or a goat have legal standing and sign a marriage contract?

Answer 1

It is an insane,obscenity that in 2007 this is even a factor that conjurs debate, how dare they only recently legalise it, Love is love, when people are in love, loved in return and feel secure and wanted they are benevolent, and logic dictates that if more people felt like this the world would be a better place, my point is, of all the crap in the world 2 people who are fortunate enough to have found each other and be in a position that they can be together are a giant boost for society every time. It is a warped, ill thought out, and twisted logic to make a leap from gay marriage to perversion (unless both parties are willing)

Answer 2

Having sex with animals is illegal and I don't think you will find and Animal Rights group willing to support such a idea. That is a impossibility. Here are some things you should know about Gay Marriage. The Truth About Same-Sex Couples
So often when people discuss marriage for gay and lesbian couples, there is very little truth. The truth is gay and lesbian couples are forming relationships, sharing homes and having children. To deny these families dignity, respect and legal recognition
·Millions of gay men and lesbians throughout the country (more than 50%) have already formed commitments
·The U.S. 2000 census shows that gay and lesbian couples are everywhere?99% of the country?s counties have at least one same-sex household
·A recent Gallup poll indicates that 48% favor laws that would allow same-sex couples to formalize their unions
·A Kaiser Family Foundation national survey found 47% of all Americans supported legally-sanctioned same-sex unions
·Of the numerous studies in the last three decades specifically looking at gay parents and their children not one has shown negative impact on children because of the parents? sexual orientation.
·An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, taken in November 1999, confirms that 66% of the country believes marriage for same-sex couples will become legal in the early part of this century
·A growing number of cities in the U.S. recognize gay couples and offer some domestic partnership benefits
·Over 100 daily newspapers throughout the U.S. are publishing same-sex union announcements, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer and Orange County Register. (provided by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
·"Traditional" definitions of marriage are not good reasons for laws that discriminate against lesbians and gay men -- just as laws no longer ban marriages between people of different races or define wives as the property of their husbands. Likewise, divorce laws have changed, and now all states recognize divorce without forcing couples to "go to Reno" to legally end their marriages.
·Allowing same-sex relationships to share in civil marriage would not threaten or detract from non-gay marriages. Since much damage has already been done to the institution (and that was allowing heterosexual people to marry), that argument does not hold. Neither does the morality argument since what could be "moral" than allowing committed couples to share in the responsibilities and protections their families need? Many would agree that marriage promotes healthier and happier lives for couples and families and fulfills an important role in supporting and stabilizing the communities around us.

Answer 3

First of all who in the hell would want to have sex with a goat. Who would marry their pet if you ask me that is the most perverted thing I have ever heard of.

they should legalize gay marriage because GLBT people are the same as anyone we are all equal or should be equal

Answer 4

Exactly!

One of my favorite quotes is from Bill Maher:

"New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to vote, it didn't lead to hamsters voting. No court has extended the Equal Protection Clause to salmon. And for the record, all marriages are same sex marriages. You get married, and every night, it's the same sex."

The whole "slippery-slope" concept is ridiculous.

Answer 5

To answer your question if they legalize marriage to Goats or dogs, Q How will they sighn their marriage contract ?
They could use their hoof if they are a goat or their paw if they are a dog ?
Their animal instincts dissallows them commited relations
So they will never have legal standing because they lack commitment, or the ability to make legal decisions

This addresses your crazy attempt to be controverisal question.

Answer 6

Marrying pets? Well, I think the pet is going to have to indicate it is a consenting adult first. But after that hurdle, you are okay.

As to humans marrying other humans - no big deal. Same species, even.

-- Extra note: Just read Equal Rights statement way down below mine. Bravo! Beautiful! Well said!

I have a friend who has a partner, and they have raised twin girls who are now doing fine in college on scholarships. Both have steady boyfriends.

Answer 7

A quiet revolution is underway, one that would reform the legal relationship between people and pets, and adjust legal norms to better accord with moral principles and emotional realities. Rather than conceiving of pets as material goods, a new set of laws would recognize them as sentient beings: companions, not property.

Answer 8

is this sarcasm? cuase
the answer is pets wont be able to have legal standing or signing a marriage contract
ever

Answer 9

No. Laws are for Humans. Gay marriage isn't "crazy behavior".

Answer 10

It is ironic that the masses equate one thing with another and think that "A" leads to "B" and so on. In the sixties it was marijuana leads to heroin. It all depends on the individuals.
If our country is going to allow gay mmarriages, they nead to allow gay divoces just as quick. Not all gay people are truly happy with each other. Gay males in a marital dispute can be brutal, domestic vilence is going to take on a whole new meaning.
But Gay marriages are not sanctioned by the Good Lord.