A couple of months ago there was a long and hard debate about legalizing gay marriages. Most posters here thought since this did not affect us we should just allow it. This thread is not another debate on that issue and in no way do I want to start one
One of my arguements was that if and when gay marriages get legalised, it would open up a new can of worms. People may want to marry their relatives or immediate family. Not many will choose this route, but it does take only one wacko couple for this to become front page of the news
The best arguement against that (obviously) is deformed babies. But there are many incidences where a deformed baby is impossible (eg. broher and brother wanting to get married, sister and sister etc). These types of unions do not result in any possibility of deformed births and since this union would not affect us, should we legalise it? My opinion is still no, but going by most posters reasoning for gay marriages, they should be in favour of it as well.
You may think this is just crazy talk and will never become an issue in society, but dont' forget centuries ago giving women equal rights was not even in the stratosphere of thinking and just a few decades ago, equal rights for homosexuals was viewed as an impossibility.
I am not the only one that thinks legalising gay marriages will open up a new can of worms. The Calgary Sun thought enough of it to print it as one of their letters today.
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgarySun/editorial.html
Now that gay and lesbians have their right to marriage (which was not something a few years ago they wanted, just equal rights), it will not be long before a father will fight to marry his daughter, or someone will want to marry their pet, or maybe, multiple wives or husbands. Welcome to Liberal Canada!
Derek Mason
(The times they are a-changin'.)