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Originally Posted by Gilda
All we are talking about here is guaranteeing that people are treated equally under the law, which is one of the core values of this country.
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Equal protection under the law is a tricky thing, as it doesn't extend to all groups in this country. More specifically, homosexuals are protected under the Constitution but the issue of sexual orientation and marriage is deemed a suspect classification. By their nature, suspect classes are discriminatory but very few people here ever argue them.
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Originally Posted by Gilda
Beastiality* is primarily committed by males with female animals, typically smaller farm animals such as sheep or goats, with a smaller number being females with male animals, usually large dogs.
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No one mentioned bestiality.
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Incest occurs primarily between brother/sister, father/daughter, or mother/son. Look it's another heterosexual institution. If we're going to ban a form of marriage based on this, it should be the form most closely related, and that would be heterosexual marriage.
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This is incorrect.
Our society doesn't differentiate things considered to be taboo into a hetero/homo category. Rape is rape; Incest is incest; Polygamy is polygamy (Though it can be divided into polygyny and polyandry) etc.
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Polygamy primarily takes the form of polygyny, and to my knowledge this is the only form ever in widespread practice in the US. Once again, it's primarily a heterosexual institution. If we're going to use this to restrict marriage rights, it should apply to heterosexual marriage.
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The Mormom church practices both polygyny and polyandry, if you didn't know.
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[satire]You know, the more and more I think about it, the less I want to be associated with you heterosexuals and your deviant heterosexual practices.[/satire]
To be clear, the above was satire to point out the absurdity of the PIB argument, not meant to be taken at face value.
*I know this wasn't mentioned. I just wanted to throw it in for free. Three for the price of two.
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I didn't dare make an absolute statement. Rather I posed a question which seems to be impossible to answer. Either that or you just don't want to answer it.