# Help. Iowa sez I HAVE to marry a gay person.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657 "2010-10-28T14:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657/21 "2010-11-10T15:29:11Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> I have a book of arguments against gay marriage. One is that gays shouldn’t be allowed to marry because not all gays want to get married.
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> I’m straight and I definitely don’t want to get married. So no straights should be allowed to get married.

I agree with this. Weddings are _expensive_, and my friends keep getting hitched. Airfare, hotels, gifts, etc. Damnit, I’m a civil servant, people - I can’t afford for you to get married!

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**Author:** ![Moment\_Slayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Moment\_Slayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moment_Slayer)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657/22 "2010-11-10T15:56:41Z")

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Where are you registered?

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657/23 "2010-11-10T18:06:21Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> Maybe old queers need their own group.
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> I’m speaking, of course, about the Gay-ARP. (A-Gay-RP? Gay, gay, gay, politics, and gay?)

Their newsletter could be “The World According To GAARP”

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**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iowa-sez-i-have-to-marry-a-gay-person/558657/24 "2010-11-11T02:38:54Z")

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> [@Mrs.Cake](#):
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> I’m sure this means that any day now I will will be allowed, nay, _obligated_ to marry my Dyson and at least two of my cats. Damn activist judges.

Um, won’t there be in-fighting when the Dyson tries to mount the cats to consummate the marriage?

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