Posted: Apr 01, 2010 2:34 am
Why not just dump the concept of marriage all together? This is getting so boring.
What is the benefit of an institution which is diluted to the point where it is no longer recognizable?
Forget the lame pretense that gay marriage or polygamy can easily fit into a neat ethical framework if only those nasty right wing fundies would just die in a ditch. Show me the moral argument against ANY of these. (Paging Mr Hitchens! Is there a Mr Hitchens in the house?)
Defacto marriage. Civil union. Married and divorced then remarried again. Gay marriage. Straight marriage. Platonic marriage. Marriage for money. Marriage for social status.
Cousin marriage. Sibling marriage. Father and daughter marriage. Father and son marriage.
Or these;
2 men 3 women.
4 women.
3 women, 2 men and an 11 year old who has the permission of her legal guardian.
5 men - two of whom love each other and the other 3 who like to watch so they kick in rent money.
3 women and a dog that is never forced to "do" anything and seems to enjoy it and so is clearly giving the maximum consent of which it is capable.
Oh, yeah and lets not discriminate against bonobos - they have feelings too you know.
And just when you thought the reductio ad absurdum couldn’t go any deeper….why can’t I genetically engineer a humanzee and marry her, him, them?
Lion (IRC)
What is the benefit of an institution which is diluted to the point where it is no longer recognizable?
Forget the lame pretense that gay marriage or polygamy can easily fit into a neat ethical framework if only those nasty right wing fundies would just die in a ditch. Show me the moral argument against ANY of these. (Paging Mr Hitchens! Is there a Mr Hitchens in the house?)
Defacto marriage. Civil union. Married and divorced then remarried again. Gay marriage. Straight marriage. Platonic marriage. Marriage for money. Marriage for social status.
Cousin marriage. Sibling marriage. Father and daughter marriage. Father and son marriage.
Or these;
2 men 3 women.
4 women.
3 women, 2 men and an 11 year old who has the permission of her legal guardian.
5 men - two of whom love each other and the other 3 who like to watch so they kick in rent money.
3 women and a dog that is never forced to "do" anything and seems to enjoy it and so is clearly giving the maximum consent of which it is capable.
Oh, yeah and lets not discriminate against bonobos - they have feelings too you know.
And just when you thought the reductio ad absurdum couldn’t go any deeper….why can’t I genetically engineer a humanzee and marry her, him, them?
Lion (IRC)