When one asks about gay marriage, inevitably someone mentions marrying a goat or animal...why?

Question

Do you really not see the difference between two consenting adults having the right to marry, and a human marrying an animal...or even worse, an adult marrying a child.

An animal does not consent to such...and a child, is too young to be able to make rational decisions. No...one should not be able to marry an animal or a child...but, yes two consenting adults of the same sex should be able to marry.

Is your heart that twisted and are you that blind? It is like comparing apples and oranges.

As stated yesterday, if I do not have equal rights to marry whom I love...(another consenting adult)...why should I have to pay equal taxes...which considering I do not have children as a tax write-off and do not get to file jointly...I am actually paying more in taxes than our hetero counterparts.

Your thoughts?

Answer 1

For some reason, the fundies think gays are the equivelent of animals.

I don't know why everyone is so against a few gays getting married. Is it really going to change YOUR life that much?

Answer 2

The wall analogy is silly.
The wall, first off, has not always been painted one color. Marriage between consenting adults outside of the alleged norm PREDATES the idea of a marriage having one man and one woman.

The real wall analogy would be a guy standing in front of his way going "the neighbors down the street have a wall! Oh no! They can't have a wall, too! I'm SPECIAL! I deserve SPECIAL RIGHTS!!!!"

Our questioner nailed it. If people are consenting, it's different from a situation in which only one side is consenting.

I like the stupid breeding comments better, myself....because, you know, we don't allow people who are infertile to marry, and married couples aren't allowed to use birth control.

Answer 3

because reproduction cannot take place between a human and an animal, neither can two humans of the same sex reproduce...that is the only comparison...has nothing to do with two people being in love or whatever...Marriage is defined as being between a man and a woman....anything else is just pretend. Problem is people need to stop judging others...everyone does something that is not agreeable to someone else. People just like to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to gays. No human can pass judgment on another human.

Answer 4

>>Do you really not see the difference between two consenting adults having the right to marry, and a human marrying an animal...or even worse, an adult marrying a child.<<

You're missing the point (or deliberately building a straw man). A certain wall has always been painted blue. John says, "Hey, let's make green an option for this wall in addition to blue." Jane says, "If we allow green, why not red?" John then says, "Do you really not see the difference between green and red?" Does that response make sense? OF COURSE there is a difference between green and red, and Jane is not claiming otherwise.

EDIT:
In my country, the wall has always been blue. If we decide the wall can be another color beside blue, asking whether or not that color can be red is a legitimate question.

Answer 5

I agree with you 110%. Those who are opposed to same sex marriages are probably the same ones who would be opposed to interracial marriages if they had the opportunity.

The only thing I'd like to add is that as someone who lives in New York (a high tax state as we all know), I should also NOT have to pay $20000+++ (yes, twenty thousand+++ dollars) a year in school property taxes to educate someone else's children. (Needless to say, the house is up for sale).

Answer 6

people that hate someone else for any unfounded reason because one text or another says its wrong are complete idiots not to mention sheep so perhape they would like to marry someone of the same gender and say that person is also a sheep but in all honesty who gives a crap about what closed minded people think the lemmings can take a long walk off a short cliff

Answer 7

my my my...... It never ceases to amaze me how often being gay is turned from a sexual idea into a "new life form that needs it's own bill of rights" If someone is gay they simply have sex with the same sex person... THATS IT!!!! they are not a new breed of people.... they are not a new species and they are NOT intitled to any special treatment. NOW that being said, marriage was originally and formally established to allow a man and a woman to be joined in holy matirmony. Like it or not thats what marriage is! No Just because you are gay... you want special treatment and want to adjust that to fit your own needs??? Why? because you are different we should all suddenly cater to your wishes needs and wants??? If you want to marry, then find a man or a woman who is the opposite sex from you and do it!! Thats the way it is. As far as why do people bring up animals or kids it is because like it or not homosexuality is NOT NORMAL.... just like animals or pedophilia. It is out of the perversional strain of sexual satisfaction so people associate it as such. It may hurt your feelings.... but it is simply not what nature intended.

Answer 8

Paying taxes has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Advocating personal degradation, and the general degradation of humanity, is a very slippery slope.

No telling WHERE the bottom is.

Answer 9

Because this is how they see it and almost everything. If we allow gay marriage then latter we will have to allow bestiality or what ever is "flavor of the week" Silly yes, but this is how they get people on their side. One leads to another, their slippery slope!

Answer 10

because people that are deeply opposed to it view it as the same type of perversion.