In case you're not seeing a trend, these are the same people who recently voted to outlaw same-sex marriage in Kansas. This is incredibly narrow-minded, anti-intellectual, and reactionary.
As the WalMart post said, this is a really sad and dangerous trend. Kansas school children are some of the people who can least afford to be left behind in terms of education, science, and a broader world view. This doesn't bode well for their future.
The fundamental concept of marriage is that it's a partnership entered into voluntarily by two consenting adults. Marriage is a legal contract -- if you're unclear about this, read the list of legal rights below that are conferred upon married people. Now to address to address some misconceptions:
1) Animals don't have rights. When's the last time a walrus entered into a legal contract? Therefore, allowing same-sex marriage does not allow marriage between a man and a dog.
2) polygamy: central to the concept of marriage is partnership and equality. Polygamy is illegal because inherent in a union between one man and many women is inequality. There is no way for one of several women in a union to be equal to the single man in that union.
3) Marriage of minors: again, this is about a legal partnership entered into by two, sound-minded, consenting adults. You cannot have a marriage between a 50 year old and a 12 year old, for example, because of the inherent inequality in their positions, and because legally, minors are not capable of entering into long-term, legal contracst.
Based on this legal definition of marriage, it's absurd that the US does not allow same-sex marriage. There are no secular, rational arguments against it, only religious ones. It's amazing that we would have one group's religious laws applying to people of all religions and no religion. It's as if we were living in Iran.
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In case you're not seeing a trend, these are the same people who recently voted to outlaw same-sex marriage in Kansas. This is incredibly narrow-minded, anti-intellectual, and reactionary.
As the WalMart post said, this is a really sad and dangerous trend. Kansas school children are some of the people who can least afford to be left behind in terms of education, science, and a broader world view. This doesn't bode well for their future.
The fundamental concept of marriage is that it's a partnership entered into voluntarily by two consenting adults. Marriage is a legal contract -- if you're unclear about this, read the list of legal rights below that are conferred upon married people.
Now to address to address some misconceptions:
1) Animals don't have rights. When's the last time a walrus entered into a legal contract? Therefore, allowing same-sex marriage does not allow marriage between a man and a dog.
2) polygamy: central to the concept of marriage is partnership and equality. Polygamy is illegal because inherent in a union between one man and many women is inequality. There is no way for one of several women in a union to be equal to the single man in that union.
3) Marriage of minors: again, this is about a legal partnership entered into by two, sound-minded, consenting adults. You cannot have a marriage between a 50 year old and a 12 year old, for example, because of the inherent inequality in their positions, and because legally, minors are not capable of entering into long-term, legal contracst.
Based on this legal definition of marriage, it's absurd that the US does not allow same-sex marriage. There are no secular, rational arguments against it, only religious ones. It's amazing that we would have one group's religious laws applying to people of all religions and no religion. It's as if we were living in Iran.