Polygamy is usually the horror story rhetorical end

[JoePhilly]

6. I tell them to gather others like themseves who want Polygamy to be legal

and start protesting.

They then tell me they don't want it to be legal.

I say, "Well, an organized group of people might be able to convince me, but I've yet to see one. So I'm not too worried about it."

At this point, they are not sure what to do. Most get really confused and give up.

Some press on.

And if they push forward, I start to ask them if maybe they really are pro-polgamy but are afraid to say it. I tell them that if so, and they want to talk about it, I won't judge them and that they don't need to hide behind the gays. "Its ok if you wife swap too."

I've only had men use the polygamy line of argument and so I'll usually ask them why they or any man for that matter, would want more than one wife ... after all "Its hard enough being married to ONE woman, how crazy would a guy need to be to want two or three wives. That's probably why its illegal in the first place!"

Its fun watching them try and wiggle all this back around to an abstract comparison of gay marriage and "traditional marriage."