Santorum Booed in New Hampshire While Discussing Gay Marriage

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54. He doesn't bring up valid questions at all

According to the bible (which Santorum bases all his opinions he wants to force on other people on), polygamy was, not only legal but encouraged as was having concubines. The bible also says it's okay to have sex with blood relatives and that marrying 11-13 yr old girls was common place. As society evolved, public opinion said those things are wrong -- basically because we started populating the world and men didn't need to have multiple places to "spill his seed." Society now has a better understanding of homosexuality and that we aren't what they thought we once were, deviants out to bang anything that moves. We want the same things straight people do, so society has changed their opinion that allowing marriage equality is a good thing.

If society later decides that polygamy isn't a bad thing (again), then society will make that decision but trying to compare a loving relationship of two people to the slippery slope fallacy is just another way to argue that homosexuality is bad and homosexuals don't deserve to be treated equally. Personally, I think polyamorous relationships aren't always a bad thing, as long as all involved want to be involved; it isn't for me but if all adults are consenting, then far be it for me tell them how to structure their relationships. But there really is no comparison between 2 people wanting to get married and polygamy. They are 2 entirely different things and as a lesbian, I'm tired of being compared to polygamists, pedophiles and folks who are into bestiality just to argue that I don't deserve the same rights as everyone else.

Edited to add:

Also, sexual orientation is the direction of a persons emotional and physical desire, toward people of the opposite sex, same sex, or both sexes. Whereas, polygamy, pedophilia, bestiality and incest are all examples of sexual behavior. There, as we know it now, are only 2 known sexual orientations--hetero and homo-sexual. Right now, we don't have any laws granting privilege based on sexual behavior but we DO have laws granting privilege based on sexual orientation (but only for heterosexual orientation). So, really, the argument about polygamy is apples and oranges.