Protest

A group called Canadians Against Same-Sex Marriage is claiming that legalizing gay marriage will open the door to legalizing marriage between close blood relatives and between humans and animals. Because naturally, once people realize that marriage is a socially constructed institution we will no longer be capable of setting boundaries for it. It'll be just like when we decided that maybe women were entitled to a few rights too, and the next thing we knew dogs and cats were voting in every election and cows were agitating for mandatory vegetarianism. Perhaps David Boaz has the right idea and governments should get out of the marriage business altogether. That way those who wished to marry could be married by a private organization that defined marriage in a way acceptable to them. Or perhaps marriage ought to be limited to people raising children together, regardless of the sex or sexual orientation of those involved. Either way would be fairer and make more sense than the current restrictions. Of course, the CASSM members are entitled to any views they care to hold, and they're entitled to expound those views. I just wish there weren't quite so many MPs who seem to agree with this nonsense.