Comments on: How Does It Harm Marriage Exactly, Dude? http://aworldofprogress.com/how-does-it-harm-marriage-exactly-dude/ an online magazine for the Progressive Human Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:27:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lucia http://aworldofprogress.com/how-does-it-harm-marriage-exactly-dude/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Lucia Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:58:49 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5756#comment-1929 That is a very good point--if it's not exclusive (some are left out), then what does it mean, anyway? Also, there's the slippery-slope argument...if we "let" this happen, then people will start wanting to marry their pets, or siblings. Yeah, I guess the words "consenting (human) adults" don't mean anything!!! :) That is a very good point–if it’s not exclusive (some are left out), then
what does it mean, anyway?

Also, there’s the slippery-slope argument…if we “let” this happen, then
people will start wanting to marry their pets, or siblings. Yeah, I guess
the words “consenting (human) adults” don’t mean anything!!! :)

]]> By: Blanca DeBree http://aworldofprogress.com/how-does-it-harm-marriage-exactly-dude/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Blanca DeBree Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:17:29 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5756#comment-1925 Marriage is hurt because it is no longer special, just like a country club is no longer special when you let Jews or Blacks in. Marriage is hurt because it is no longer special, just like a country club is no longer special when you let Jews or Blacks in.

]]> By: Lucia http://aworldofprogress.com/how-does-it-harm-marriage-exactly-dude/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 Lucia Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:45:43 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5756#comment-1924 P.S. I was being sarcastic... Also I looked up the "rule of thumb" law. On Wikipedia (which has very conservative editors--they reject anti-Sarah Palin and George Bush content) they say this was a "myth," while Del Martin mentioned it several times in her writings. In US History there is some evidence that the law about beating your wife with nothing wider than a thumb did exist. Hard to know. P.S. I was being sarcastic…
Also I looked up the “rule of thumb” law. On Wikipedia (which has very conservative
editors–they reject anti-Sarah Palin and George Bush content) they say this was a
“myth,” while Del Martin mentioned it several times in her writings. In US History there
is some evidence that the law about beating your wife with nothing wider than a thumb
did exist. Hard to know.

]]> By: Lucia Olson http://aworldofprogress.com/how-does-it-harm-marriage-exactly-dude/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Lucia Olson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:43:32 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5756#comment-1921 Thanks for this, Lori. I think he does know the answer: the heterosexual male power structure gets undermined when gay marriage is allowed. Historically, heterosexual marriage has not been a democratic institution (i.e., lovely laws about being able to beat a wife with an object "no bigger than a thumb"--where the "rule of thumb" expression came from). What happens to the power structure when there is no man in a marriage of two people? Similarly, what happens when there is no "little woman" in a marriage of two men? Also, when wealth is inherited through a marriage of two women, or children born, where will the male privilege be? Who will scrub the toilets or make the meals? Who will stay home with the children? It's SO much easier to just keep marriage between men and women, and less threatening to the social order. Plus, if marriage between women is allowed, whose to say all the men won't be left single and alone? :) (just kidding on that one) Thanks for this, Lori.

I think he does know the answer: the heterosexual male power structure gets undermined when gay marriage is allowed. Historically, heterosexual marriage has not been a democratic institution (i.e., lovely laws about being able to beat a wife with an object “no bigger than a thumb”–where the “rule of thumb” expression came from).

What happens to the power structure when there is no man in a marriage of two people? Similarly, what happens when there is no “little woman” in a marriage of two men? Also, when wealth is inherited through a marriage of two women, or children born, where will the male privilege be? Who will scrub the toilets or make the meals? Who will stay home with the children? It’s SO much easier to just keep marriage between men and women, and less threatening to the social order. Plus, if marriage between women is allowed, whose to say all the men won’t be left single and alone? :) (just kidding on that one)

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