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Oscar The Grouch,Mar 22 2006, 11:49 AM Wrote:Hmmm.  So later we will see poligamists come into the foray, those who want incestuous marriages, and other weird combinations.

Gotta think, how will kids interpret this?  Will they consider this normal?  What is normal?

I could see the war that would brew with poligamists and feminist groups.  :ph34r:
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polygamists already exist, incestuous marriages already exist, and marriage to animals exists already. Gay marriage is not a slippery slope to these... it's acceptance of a lifestyle that is harmless to everyone else.

Polygamy and incest and animals are a totally different story. Polygamy and incest lead (which research has proven) to very shallow gene pools and increased genetic defects in offspring. They are outlawed for a very specific reason.. it's harmful to those who don't make the choice (the children/offspring).

Gay marriages are not harmful to the genetic makeup of the offspring...well, not that I know of, but if you can illustrate how it's harmful, please speak up. Gay marriages is held back strictly by those who think marriages are strictly man and woman, but to this point, there is not any compelling reason to ban gay marriages.

Kids get teased all the time. I got teased because my parents were fat, so I guess they shouldn't have gotten married and have kids because they weren't "normal"? If I was transplanted from a straight marriage into a gay marriage, I might be a little confused, but you have to realize that people are used to the way they are raised. A kid raised by gay parents wouldn't know any different.

Probably also the reason 'straight marriage' proponents are so uppity, because they weren't raised that way.... but things change, always have changed, and we as society adapt. If there's a compelling reason why it's damaging, I'm all for banning it, but as far as gay marriages go, the harm isn't there.