Gay Marriage

[Minionman]

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How can anybody be so utterly stupid as to come up with such an argument against homosexual marriages? Somebody already smoked that argument in this thread by saying that marriage is a contract by law, and thus only consenting adults should be allowed to marry. But do we really need to get that technical (if that can be called technical)? It’s called common sense, people!


Well, yes, since we're discussing a matter of law it does need to be technical; law does not necessarily depend on common sense. Moreover, what makes sense to one person may not make sense to another due to different axioms.

Askael does have a point though, that even if marriages with animals/kids/large amounts of people are allowed to get married, therte will be very few people who actually try to do it. Personally, I think that if a lot of people can make a several person marriage work, they can go for it. The amount of such marriages will still be kept low beacuse jealousy, people rubbing against each other while living together, the paperwork, etc. would push against marriages with a lot of people. As for marriages with animals, parts of common sense would say that eve nif they were legal, there would still be almost no such tries at marriages, and people who did try would run into paperwork problems that are the reason animals and kids aren't allowed to sign contracts.

Edit: how can I copy the quote boxes so they are inside each other.