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In reply to the discussion: The gay marriage decision has put us in uncharted waters with regard to polygamy [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)But the sites that are NOT right wing have, and for a long time too, said stuff like this:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/06/29/an-astonishingly-bad-argument-against-gay-marriage/
With all due respect to General Curry, he needs to take (or retake) an introductory course in logic. If homosexuality is a civil right, it does NOT logically follow that polygamy, pedophilia, and bestiality would one day also be declared a civil right by the Court. This can be clearly seen by expressing the logical structure of the argument and observing that the premises do not entail the conclusion.
In fact, as it stands, he hasnt even given an inductively strong argument, i.e., an argument in which the premises make the conclusion highly probable. At least part of the basis for legalizing homosexuality is the freedom of consenting adults to engage in sexual activity with other adults in the privacy of their own bedrooms. General Curry seems oblivious to the fact that this basis is incompatible with declaring that pedophilia is a civil right. In the Generals defense, this philosophical basis does seem to support the legalization of polygamy between consenting adults. But to try to saddle the proponent of same sex marriage with an acceptance of pedophilia is completely unjustified.
- See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2013/06/29/an-astonishingly-bad-argument-against-gay-marriage/#sthash.xpoYsraD.dpuf
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2006/03/dont_do_unto_others.html
So go sign up for that logic course, sport!!!