Jay Bookman: The love that dares not neigh its name ("Defense of Marriage)

[Supormom]

ATLANTA -- "What's next?" Braves pitcher John Smoltz said, when asked his opinion about gay marriage. "Marrying an animal?"
It's fascinating how often that happens. Time and time again, when opponents of gay marriage and gay unions are asked to explain their position, their real underlying concern turns out to be a rather odd fear of bestiality.

That same obsession seems to have afflicted Timothy Dailey, a stern opponent of gay marriage and a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, a national conservative group. In an FRC brochure titled "The Slippery Slope of Same-Sex Marriage," Dailey brings up an obscure case that came to light five years ago about a deluded soul in Missouri named Mark. It seems that Mark fell in love with his pony, named Pixel, and in 1993 actually "married" her in a private ceremony.

"She's gorgeous. She's sweet. She's loving," Mark was quoted as saying in unbridled affection. "I'm very proud of her ... . Deep down, way down, I'd love to have children with her."

For Dailey, this was a call to arms. Like Smoltz, he worries that if gay marriage or gay unions are allowed, there would also be nothing in the law to stop couples such as Mark and Pixel from also getting hitched.

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[Supormom]

1. Bookman's Proposal

Sorry. I forgot this site requires registration, but here is Bookman's solution:
"So I have a proposal: If the real, underlying issue in this debate is the fear that human beings will someday be allowed to marry animals -- if Smoltz, Dailey and others are honestly and truly worried by that prospect -- then let's address that issue head on. Let's pass a Federal Animals, Relationships and Marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution that outlaws all interspecies marriages, period."



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[ulysses]

2. Smoltz is something of a fundie,

which sucks. Hell of a ball player, but perhaps not the swiftest salmon in the stream...

[Jade Fox]

3. Such a dumb argument repeated over and over....

Legal marriage is a contract. No animal would ever be able to enter into
a legal contract, not having the capacity to understand or even sign it's
name.

These people all get their information from the same sources.