(March 2, 2011 at 11:26 am)theVOID Wrote:(March 2, 2011 at 10:35 am)BlackUnicorn Wrote: For gay marriage, marriage with goats* , marriage with rocks, and polygamy with multiple consenting partners having the same status as heterosexual marriage.
*With SPCA rules over care of animals in place of course (so that rules out sex).
Spot on, the government should have no place deciding the terms of marriage other than officially recognising the union that the consenting adults have chosen.
What if neurological scans reveal that fluffy enjoys it?
There's a fundamental issue of consent here. In that Fluffy is incapable of consenting. A marriage has to be between two consenting parties.
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