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Is marriage a civil right, or even a fundamental human right? On closer examination, the answer appears to be NO. The campaign for gay marriage, branded as ma

Is marriage a civil right, or even a fundamental human right? On closer examination, the answer appears to be NO. The campaign for gay marriage, branded as marriage equality, actually leaves many people behind. Brothers can't marry sisters, mothers can't marry sons (nice way to avoid inheritance tax!), men and women can't join in a polygamous marriage even though there is a long history of polygamy in many cultures around the world. It's quite ironic that the campaign for marriage equality is itself highly discriminatory.

blisterpeanuts 13y ago
You left out bestiality. (which I've never understood why it wasn't spelled "beastiality") I guess the rationale for specifically bestowing marital rights on same-sex (but non-related) spouses is that there's a significant number of them. Polygamy, too, there might be a lot of that somewhere in the world, possibly Africa, obscure corners of Utah, certainly pre-modern China when it was normal for a wealthy land owner to have several wives, etc. I suspect it won't be long before polygamy is legalized. Maybe a couple of decades at most.