Marriage is a contract, rape is not. No one has suggested the rape of a child should have the same social standing as marriage EXCEPT for you, and maybe the set of partisan hacks and pedophiles.
In fact the marriage contract is broken whenever power and control of one is exercised over the other. It seems some conservative Republicans hold all marriage with the same esteem, which explains their support for DOMA and opposition to VAWA.
I simply don't understand threads like this. I realize there are people who are simply unhinged, like James Dobson, on homosexuality. They view accepting gay and lesbians as really no different than straights as opening the very gates of hell to bring in pedophiles bestiality incest polygamy ..... of course Abraham and Moses dipped their wicks along those lines in part, but let's give that a pass.
But the irony is that when you look down the line of groups (religious and medical/psychological) who argue for full inclusion, you have teh people who most strongly support child protection. So, if you assume people like Dobson or the posters here acutally BELIEVE this crap, then there's the obvious question of why they would. And, because it's irrational to think supporters of inclusion would ever support lessing protections of vulnerable children and adults placed into abusive situations, the answer to why people like Dobson and the posters believe the craptrap is either they're irrational or homophobes. or they could just be trolling with stinky bait. I'm hoping its that.
