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Originally Posted by dexter14
So if the constitution can just be tossed aside now and same sex marriage is legal, why not polygamy and prostitution? If two consenting adults of the same sex can be married and its not hurting anyone, why can't 3, 4 or 5 consenting adults be married? Its not hurting anyone. Why can't two consenting adults exchange money for sexual intercourse? Its not hurting anyone. This my friends is what you call a slippery slope. You can start rationalizing many things now. Where do you draw the line?
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It's not a slippery slope - on the contrary, providing a legal framework to polygamy and prostitution would be helpful down the road. Prostitution dates back to early human history as does polygamy. Polygamy is even permitted in the bible.
The fact is prostitution should be legal TODAY, but the critical thinking abilities of a large part of the American electorate are simply absent - for many Americans, biblical principals are relied upon to provide a moral compass, sadly. One day when enough American voters have awoken from their religiously-induced intellectual slumber, it will become a viable platform goal for political candidates. Once it becomes legal we will all be better off.
Polygamy is a much more complicated situation because of the legal implications, and it's a far less pressing matter because cases of polygamy are not all that common.
So what slippery slope are you talking about? There are probably millions of Americans engaging in prostitution and polygamy as we speak. They did in the past and will in the future. How does providing a legal framework make things worse?
Please stop with this crappy slippery slope argument. Even republican so-called 'intellectuals' fail to give it any weight... so when it's in the hands of religious city-data posters, it just becomes a train wreck quite frankly.
The slippery slope argument is garbage, as are any other arguments purely derived from interpretations of the bible.
In a future society more advanced than our own:
- Prostitution will be legal, and the safety of prostitutes and their customers will be greatly enhanced as a result. Not to mention this will drastically reduce the size of the black market - sex transactions will be accounted for and taxable.
- polygamous 'unions' will be legal but subjected to a special set of rules of eliminate the risks for fraud, exploitation, what have you. Perhaps these types of unions will be legally referred to as 'polygamous marriages' to distinguish from marriage, or perhaps a different nomenclature will be employed.
- Incestual marriages between two consenting adult will be legal but will involve an even more complex set of rules & exception. I would imagine adoption rights would not be extended to such couples, nor would any other parenting-related measures or privileges. Keep in mind, incestual 'unions' between adults are outstandingly rare, and almost always the result of extreme environmental circumstances. But as of today there are no laws that can explicitly PREVENT siblings from trying to reproduce (probably the most dangerous implication of incest) despite the fact it is strictly forbidden. So really, by providing a legal framework we would be able to have a better handle on the handful of cases per decade where two siblings want to have a family.
- 'pedophile marriages' or adult-child marriages WERE permitted in the bible. Thankfully modern society did not refer to a 3000 year old fiction-based manuscript to draft age-of-consent laws, and today those laws are firmly established and strictly applied. despite conservative claims that 'we are allowing everything!' molesting a child has never been as harshly punishable as it is today, and through technology and enlightenment our society is increasingly apt at weeding out mentally ill individuals who are prone to child predation. One of the greatest advances in society's fight against pedophilia has come from our lifting the veil off the catholic church's insidious 1000+ years tradition of sexual abuse of young boys and girls. To claim gay marriage opens the door to pedophilia is astounding. It demonstrates a deep lack of understanding on so many levels and is embarrassing to read. Of course it also insinuates that homosexuality is some sort of middle ground between normal human relationships and child abuse.
Religiosity is a mental disorder that is capable of clouding the judgment of otherwise sound-minded individuals - this is fairly well documented in scientific literature. For those MOST affected, the process of unlearning falsehoods will take some time. So I don't blame social conservatives for holding such bewildering views sometimes. They are victims themselves, to a certain extent.
Hope this helps you understand.
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