Posted: Apr 01, 2010 2:40 am
The human and dog marriage is obviously a strawman because we're talking about CONSENTING ADULTS, if you'd bothered to read the thread.
As far as binning the idea of "traditional" marriage altogether, I think you'll see [once again, if you read the rest of the thread] that most of us are pretty much in favor of that. The idea of marriage is only to legally protect people--make sure their spouse[s] are in control of their lives should they not be able to make decisions, make sure inheritances are distributed as desired, etc.
Next time you feel like posting a strawman, can you at least go for one that isn't tired, one that we haven't already heard from those nasty right wing fundies hundreds of times?
As far as binning the idea of "traditional" marriage altogether, I think you'll see [once again, if you read the rest of the thread] that most of us are pretty much in favor of that. The idea of marriage is only to legally protect people--make sure their spouse[s] are in control of their lives should they not be able to make decisions, make sure inheritances are distributed as desired, etc.
Next time you feel like posting a strawman, can you at least go for one that isn't tired, one that we haven't already heard from those nasty right wing fundies hundreds of times?