Gay marriage is beastly
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The Village Voice's Richard Goldstein discovers that the religious homophobes real fear is that gay marriage will open the gates to animal-human cohabitation. Since many of the born-again are either down on the farm or their folks are perhaps they are revealing their own hidden passions.
Inquiring minds want to know—so I consulted the journalist's oracle, Lexis-Nexis. Feed this database any combination of words and it will spit up every mention of them in the media. I entered gay marriage and pets, expecting perhaps a dozen hits, but the number exceeded the system's 1,000-citation capacity. When I narrowed the search to the past two months, nearly 500 pieces popped up. Most of them contained earnest warnings about people tying the knot with their pets. Perhaps you are among the many readers who have written to the local paper about the rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem (Pa.) to be betrothed.
Petaphilia: The Great American Man-Dog Marriage Panic
Comments
You guys are jerks! Gays and lesbians are not beasts or they are not beastly! You are a dicriminater! You need to have a open mind on things. Not a narrow mind!
Posted by: maddie | April 16, 2004 1:38 PM
This website is run by me. I’m a gay man and I was quoting a writer who was mocking Christian homophobes.
Posted by: Richard | April 16, 2004 2:14 PM
It’s outrageous for one to compare gay marriage to bestiality. Gays and lesbians are not a different species, and I am sorry for those who cannot accept them for who they are.
Posted by: Erica | May 24, 2004 7:59 PM
Gay men and women are not generally murderers either, but gay sex is often lumped with murder, and other such criminal acts. The Christian right cannot articulate any real immorality in homosexuality, so they grasp for straws.
Posted by: Mikhael Bakunin | July 5, 2004 7:29 PM