Listen, I am against gay marriage too. But anyone who argues it from the perspective of the “slippery slope” and bestiality is only hurting the cause. It is NOT the same thing to marry someone of the same gender and to marry an animal, and the constant parroting of that line is what allows gay marriage advocates to slur the opposition and get away with it. Here’s why:
The pro gay marriage perspective is that people should be able to marry– and be married to– whomever they choose. No, that is not redundant. When you have two men who want to get married, each of those men is a human being with consciousness. One has the right to marry and the other also has the right to marry. The question is whether or not they can marry each other.
The case of a man and a dog is different. The man has the right to marry. The dog does not. The man unquestionably must find an equal partner for his marriage who has the right to marry him just as he has the right to marry her (or, according to some, him).