Liberals, would you advice polygamists and those who would engage in inner-family marriage to vote democrat?
I don't mean this as a trolling question. You all claim that the government has absolutely no right to tell us who we are or aren't allowed to marry. I've heard the viewpoint that no one has a right to put a legal definition on marriage, thus making it exclusive to certain people.
So in all honesty, are the two aforementioned people groups best off voting for those who lean to the left since that is the group that supports their rights to polygamy and inner-family marriage (as in brother/sister or cousins)?
@Joshua
True, but liberal viewpoints would dictate that we have no right to tell those who are related that they can't have kids because it isn't our right to tell them what they can or can't do with their own bodies.
@Michael B - Repeal Prop. 8!
I agree. I personally don't think that anyone should be told what they can and can't do as long as they aren't hurting anyone else or infringing on their rights. However, the point I'm trying to make is that you can't just add one group and leave the rest out. If you sanction gay marriage under the pretense that we have no right to tell them who they can and can't marry, then you are in fact saying that the aforementioned people groups have a right to marry as well.
@★Ŕ♡MΛŔƐ★
Sorry, but that is the pretense that liberals are putting forth. Judging by your own viewpoints, what gives you the right to limit marriage to two consenting adults? I understand that fiscal things become an issue, but does that give you the right to prevent those people from being happy? And what right do you have to tell two related individuals that they can't marry? It obviously can't be because they could have children with birth defects since you believe that what they do with their own bodies, i.e. sexual intercourse, is 100% their own choice as consenting adults.