So let's vote on same sex marriage

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Danzig

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i tell you what rupe, since i didn't offer you a better response-altho your absurd question doesn't merit one...

when polygamy becomes a legal practice, and the right to engage in said practice is given to some and not others, i'll be sure and consider that constitutionality then. in the meantime, i'll give it the amount of attention it deserves, which is no more than your absurd 'what if there were no gays' query. in other words, no more than this.

That is the whole point. As of right now, a polygamist is not allowed to marry more than one person. He can have 4 girlfriends at the same time. He can live with all 4 of them. But he can't marry all 4 of them because it is illegal.

And by the same token, a man can date a man and he can live with a man but he cannot marry a man because it is illegal.

That is the law as of right now.

Any by the way, if you think my question is absurd, you should see the questions that the Supreme Court Justices ask. They ask about all kinds of crazy analogies to try to understand why something should apply in one case but not in another. They are always asking, 'Suppose this, and suppose that. Would what you are saying apply in this type of case (some absurd case), if it would apply in the current case we are discussing?'