But really, who cares.
Why do we still insist that constitutional rights be based on popularity polls? Should unattractive people be able to marry? To breed? Should I have a say? What about disabled people? People who don't intend to have children? Atheists? Christian who wants to marry a Jew? Or a protestant who wants to marry a Catholic? Is any of that my business? Or yours? Marriage is a contract with certain rights and responsibilities. That's why saying that allowing gays to marry will lead to folks wanting to marry their pet goats or some other sentient (or non-sentient) being. Um. A goat can't sign a contract. Neither can a rock, a pair of scissors, a paperback book, a child (that evil argument - that allowing gays to marry will lead to folks marrying children - is particularly disgusting). Let's see. A horse can't sign a contract. Neither can a jar of pennies, a super hero sculpture, a really, really cool car or a Wii Guitar Hero guitar. Got it? Marriage is a contract between two people that spells out rights and responsibilities those two people have to one another.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/marriage_equality.html
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