I just saw this video of Rick Santorum being asked about his position on Gay Marriage. Usually when he's asked this, he goes into this silly riff of saying, well, if you let anyone marry anyone then you'll have people marrying multiple partners and cocker spaniels and household appliances and such. In the video, he starts down that path, realizes it's not going to fly with that audience and beats a hasty exit. Here is what I would like someone to say to this man…
You believe the law should be that one man marries one woman and there is no suggestion in there of polygamy, of one man being able to marry nine women or anything. We believe the law should be that one consenting adult should be able to marry one other consenting adult, regardless of gender. There is no insinuation of polygamy in that either but because you cannot mount a rational argument against our position, you insert all those other things into it. How about explaining what's wrong with two (and only two) people who love each other getting hitched without misrepresenting the other side's stance?
I'd imagine he'd come back with some arguable Bible quotation that's self-evident to him. That would be accompanied by some claim that once you start tinkering with the existing definition of marriage, you're opening the door to further tinkering. You know, like if we change the speed limit from 55 to 65, what's to stop someone from changing it to 165? And Mr. Santorum does want to redefine all sorts of other practices that relate to sex, like a woman's right to control her own body…