In general, in my posts about same-sex marriage, I try to link to and criticize the very best arguments of the anti-SSM crowd. There are a bunch of reasons to do this: it’s more honest, it forces my arguments to be stronger, and it’s just better debating form.<\/p>\n
But just for giggles, let’s look at some of the really, really <\/i>dumb anti-SSM arguments. I won’t bother responding to any of these, because I assume that all my readers – even my anti-SSM readers – will recognize how dumb these arguments are.<\/p>\n
First off, let’s look at how Gary Bauer <\/a>explains the horrors SSM would bring about<\/a>:<\/p>\n I love the $20 bill analogy; apparently Bauer beleives that marriages are a medium of exchange for goods and services, and as such are subject to the laws of inflation.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, check out this fundraising appeal from the Christian Family Coalition<\/a>, courtesy of Boo blog. Here’s two of their predictions of what will happen if they don’t “WIN THE BATTLE TO PROTECT MARRIAGE!”:<\/p>\n Gosh, remember elementary school, when we took classes like math, history, social studies, and safe sodomy?<\/p>\n (If you enjoy fiskings, by the way, check out Dispatches from the Culture Wars’ take on the CFC letter<\/a>).<\/p>\n Gary Bauer and the CFC are major players (compared to someone like, say, me). To find some even stupider <\/i>anti-SSM arguments, I have to turn to someone as unknown as I am, a Ms. Tamara Wilhite, in an editorial on BushCountry.org<\/a>. Ms. Wilhite explains the connection between same-sex marriage and… wait for it, wait for it… <\/i>terrorism.<\/p>\n Now, you would think<\/i> that this would be a pro<\/i>-SSM argument – “if gays aren’t allowed to marry, then the terrorists have won!” <\/b>But no. She’s arguing that we should pass the Federal Marriage Amendment to forstall <\/i>a terrorist attack. In her opinion, it would seem, the last thing we should do is irritate <\/i>the terrorists.<\/p>\n Oy.<\/p>\n I read Ms. Wilhite’s piece via Dispatches from the Culture Wars<\/a>, which points out this even stupider SSM-and-terrorism article<\/a>. I don’t even have to quote from the article; the title alone is enough.<\/p>\n Senators Defy Marriage Amendment: America\u2019s Taliban Tyranny<\/b><\/p>\n Oh, heck, let me quote a paragraph anyway:<\/p>\n “Caliban,” by the way, is the author’s coined word for “California Taliban.”<\/p>\n Oy, oy, oy..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In general, in my posts about same-sex marriage, I try to link to and criticize the very best arguments of the anti-SSM crowd. There are a bunch of reasons to do this: it’s more honest, it forces my arguments to … Continue reading \n
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