Gay in PA
I am loving this article, not just because Pennsylvania is my home state, but also because of this paragraph showing exactly how ridiculous one of my least favorite* arguments against gay marriage is:
We also hear the frankly strange argument that if we legalize gay marriage we will somehow have no choice but to legalize polygamy, incest and inter-species marriage. Not so. We draw reasonable lines all the time in all areas of the law. You can drive 65, but not 95. You can keep a gun, but not a truck bomb. Similarly, you can marry one partner, but not an aardvark.
Any law involves line drawing.
*We learned about different types of logical fallacies when I was in high school. This one is called the "slippery slope". They are logical fallacies because they sound logical but actually they are WRONG.
We also hear the frankly strange argument that if we legalize gay marriage we will somehow have no choice but to legalize polygamy, incest and inter-species marriage. Not so. We draw reasonable lines all the time in all areas of the law. You can drive 65, but not 95. You can keep a gun, but not a truck bomb. Similarly, you can marry one partner, but not an aardvark.
Any law involves line drawing.
*We learned about different types of logical fallacies when I was in high school. This one is called the "slippery slope". They are logical fallacies because they sound logical but actually they are WRONG.