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taxidriver Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-04 10:37 PM
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Defending gay marriage
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How would any of you respond to this allegation against gay marriage:

"If we change the standards of what marriage is, we open the law to be susceptable to polygamy, incestual relationships, blah blah blah..."

the argument being that if the only requirement for marriage is love/commitment, which is the way many gays and lesbians see it, than multiple partners could be committed, as could a child and an adult.

I know this post will make me look a little dumb, but i am having a hard time arguing about the precedent-changing aspect, b/c I don't really know how all law stuff works. any help would be appreciated.
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