How is Polygamy Relavent to the Gay Marriage Debate?

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People say that Gay Marriage should not be legalized because it opens the door up for polygamy becoming legalized. But why don't they listen to their own question? They right off the bat assume Im not in favor of polygamy and that everyone except for polygamists has a negative view of polygamy.

Now it is true that I am not in favor of polygamy and that the vast overwhelming majority of people in our country are also not in favor of it.

However even though I am not in favor of it Im not totally closed minded. What I mean is that we dont know everything there is to know about human behaviour. What's taboo now could be totally normal and accepted in society a hundred years from now.

But anyway my point is most of the population was in favor of voting to legalize it who are we to deny that.

However since almost no one is in favor of polygamy it wont be getting legalized anytime soon, so do you think this is an irrelevant argument against same sex marriage?
"But on the other hand, I don't think that the whole "slippery slope" argument is without merit- I think that it's important to acknowledge that changing social norms and attitudes may lead to change.'

Obviously but my point is that if it does lead to change and everyone agrees the change is good, it is no longer a negative point to use. If you used the argument against me and I said "well Im fine with polygamy to" that would make it an irrelavent argument and if that's what society decides is acceptable then that is what society decides.
 
The two really aren't related. People just lump them all together because they are both "alternative lifestyles." But being gay isn't bad! In my mind, polygamy is kind of bad...
 
It is both irrelevant and relevant.

On one hand, it is often used as a smear campaign, an argument not meant to further debate but one used to end it- by mentioning the words "incest", "bestiality", or "polygamy" with "gay marriage" you combine them in the listener's mind, to the detriment of gay marriage.

But on the other hand, I don't think that the whole "slippery slope" argument is without merit- I think that it's important to acknowledge that changing social norms and attitudes may lead to change.

Most people who talk about polygamy are not using it to further debate, but to prop up anti-gay marriage stances, and that's irrelevant. But some people have honestly brought up the subject.
 
They're not related at all. Religious zealots just like to latch onto any theory they can (no matter how absurd) to try to prove that gay marriage is wrong.
 
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