Senator Santorum

[Narvi]

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Pete Ehlke wrote:

> On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 10:23:42AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> >
> > "And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex
> > within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to
> > polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery.
> > You have the right to anything."
> >
> > You can find more context here:
> > http://www.ncsfreedom.org/news/bigotedsen.htm
> >
> > The annoying thing about what he said from the standpoint of the gay
> > rights folks is that he's right. It really is a slippery legal slope.
>
> I know I'm going to regret this, but...
>
> Please explain the slippery slope that lies between consensual sex among
> adults who are not married to one another and bigamy and polygamy,
> which are marriage to multiple partners. I really, really don't follow
> that one at all.
>

This would mean you first have to explain why bi- or polygamy are
or should be illegal. Its even trickier in the US, where 'unmarried
cohabitation' is still a crime in many states...