Thursday, March 15, 2007

More Conservapedia Wisdom: Marriage

Today's random bit of wisdom from Conservapedia:

Recently there has been a push by liberals for "same-sex marriage" however this supposed form of "marriage" has no basis in scripture, common law, the constitution, biology, or American social tradition. Then again, interracial marriage was considered to be taboo 40 years ago.

I didn't realize there was a basis for heterosexual marriage in biology. I suppose that would explain the abundance of "just married" signs on dog houses. It's "Rex" and "Daisy," not "Rex" and "Spot."

I also didn't realize there was a "basis" for heterosexual marriage in particular in the U.S. Constitution. I really need to learn to read that document between the lines, since that's where so many Americans seem to find support for their theories.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

As long as civil unions have the EXACT SAME RIGHTS, privileges and responsibilities of "marriage," I'd have no problem with calling it a Union, and I'm pretty sure most supporters of equal marriage rights would say the same. The problem is, civil unions aren't the same. It's like Whites and Coloreds water fountains, you know the White one's going to be better.

The Old Man said...

So, there's no basis for heterosexual marriage in the constitution. Neither is there any for homosexual marriage. It's a two-way street, but the cars are driving in opposite directions on the same side of the road.

No basis for heterosexual marriage in biology? Non-human animals (with exception of dolphins, the mammal, not the fish) have sexual intercourse for one reason: To reproduce. However, if overcrowding occurs (There was a study on this--mice, I believe...and I can't point to the source, anymore) then homosexual activity begins to occur. It's for DOMINATION, rather than reproduction.

A friend of mine once said, "Parts is parts." There may be no "Basis" in the constitution, common law, or Bible--but parts is parts. If the are made to fit together, honestly--then so be it.

::sigh:: How do I get into these discussions, anyway?

Anonymous said...

Chuck, ever had a dog hump your leg?

Mine mounted everything - male, female, inanimate - it could get its paws on until I had him fixed.

There's a monkey that has sex for many different reasons (can't recall the species), such as for comfort, to settle disputes, and just for pleasure.

The Old Man said...

Hmm. Never heard of the monkey. Let me know which one,if you ever remember. I had always heard it was just Humans and Dolphins which did it for pleasure.

But like I said--for the non-human/humanoid...it's DOMINATION (Your dog example)

My dog tries that to me, He's sent to his room! :)

Anonymous said...

I have yet to have anyone explain to me exactly how gay people getting married will in any way diminish my parents' 40-year marriage.

Anonymous said...

I think the person who posted that was a parodist. They get a lot of them over at CP.

Anonymous said...

I'm afraid that's probably wishful thinking.

Anonymous said...

Oh, for goodness' sake. This whole gay marriage thing shouldn't even BE a controversy. So two guys are married. Whoop de do. What I wanna know is, how does that affect you? It doesn't.
You may think it does, but at the end of the day, you go home and read your paper and eat your frozen pasta, so who cares whether or not you saw a couple of guys holding hands at Albertson's this afternoon? T_T