# What bad things might happen if same-sex couples get married? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624 "2009-05-25T23:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/21 "2009-05-26T00:40:29Z")
> [@costa](#): > > I am one person that has an opinion about everythingI tend to crude about some.in the military i and most of my friends kept getting on by homosexuals .we only got paid once a month.so that was a big advantage for our friends the sexual deviates.I had to fight them while hitch hiking ,or going to the movies.if they (the homosexuals)pop some other male in the anus,or eat each others personal parts..if they want out of love for each other want to stay together thats their business.i havent heared of babies poppingout of any navels.or hairy ends of guts.isnt that why most people marry?for propagation?if a lesbion can make another lesbion (without use of someones pinis)pregnant.fine get married."go now and multiply"not for homosexuals.marrage is for propagation. If I’m reading you correctly your basic point is that marriage is for having kids and same sex couples can’t do so? This has been brought up plenty of times before and it’s got a few problems as an argument: 1. This is an argument for banning **anyone** from getting married if they are infertile, don’t want to have kids, are too old to have kids, etc. That includes straight people. You’re in the military, would you tell a decorated combat veteran who lost his testicles to an IED that he can’t get married? 2. Same sex couples can and do have kids. Lesbians are still women and they can still get pregnant, for example by artificial insemination. Gay men are quite capable of getting a woman pregnant. And couples can adopt. 3. Even if they chose not to have kids, so what? Lots of people don’t have kids. The lesbian couple who lived across the street from me since I was a little kid never had children together and I can’t see what damage their lack of children has caused anyone, either me personally or society as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/22 "2009-05-26T00:42:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Frankly, I’m firmly in the pro-SSM camp, no surprise, but I’m really finding these threads tiresome. He’s not going to answer the question. Ever. He’s going to dance around it like Roy Scheider playing Bob Fosse. He’s going to jump from point to point all around the question, but never land square on it. Yeah, but Scheider collapses and dies from a heart attack at the end. One can only hope for a similar fate for magellan’s pathetic “arguments” in these SSM threads. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/23 "2009-05-26T00:42:32Z")
I shudder to think what **costa** ’s post looked like BEFORE editing for spelling and grammar… ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/24 "2009-05-26T00:46:15Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Do you really think the chickenshit way you handled this is going to _increase_ the likelihood of me responding? Sorry, son. Coward. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/25 "2009-05-26T00:50:27Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > Now I’m going to go back to the GD thread, which I started because I was genuinely interested in getting answers to the question posed in the OP. As I said, I can’t stop you from threadshitting, although I really wish you’d find yourself a new hobbyhorse to ride so you’d stop bothering the same people over and over. This actually helps me. You really are a dumb fuck! You insist that I provide something, and I’m bothering you! You start two pit threads about me, and I’m bothering you? What a maroon. And since when is question a posters stated assertions “threadshitting”. So, come one, bucko, man up and support that shit YOU ASSERTED in GD. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/26 "2009-05-26T00:51:13Z")
> [@costa](#): > > I am one person that has an opinion about everythingI tend to crude about some.in the military i and most of my friends kept getting on by homosexuals .we only got paid once a month.so that was a big advantage for our friends the sexual deviates.I had to fight them while hitch hiking ,or going to the movies.if they (the homosexuals)pop some other male in the anus,or eat each others personal parts..if they want out of love for each other want to stay together thats their business.i havent heared of babies poppingout of any navels.or hairy ends of guts.isnt that why most people marry?for propagation?if a lesbion can make another lesbion (without use of someones pinis)pregnant.fine get married."go now and multiply"not for homosexuals.marrage is for propagation. I know I am beaten to the punch here, but Wow! You edited that? I’m glad I didn’t see the “before” edition. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/27 "2009-05-26T00:59:44Z")
> [@costa](#): > > I am one person that has an opinion about everythingI tend to crude about some.in the military i and most of my friends kept getting on by homosexuals .we only got paid once a month.so that was a big advantage for our friends the sexual deviates.I had to fight them while hitch hiking ,or going to the movies.if they (the homosexuals)pop some other male in the anus,or eat each others personal parts..if they want out of love for each other want to stay together thats their business.i havent heared of babies poppingout of any navels.or hairy ends of guts.isnt that why most people marry?for propagation?if a lesbion can make another lesbion (without use of someones pinis)pregnant.fine get married."go now and multiply"not for homosexuals.marrage is for propagation. Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/28 "2009-05-26T01:00:01Z")
I don’t know or care about cwthree other’s Pit thread, but I’d like to see magellan answer the question in this one. Probably because I’ve asked him the same question numerous times myself. It’s not a hard question, magellan. No secret police are going to arrest you in the night based on your answer. There is no financial impact. Indulge us. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/29 "2009-05-26T01:27:16Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > What double-dickery. > > No, I left that thread alone. Period. I’ve lost a cat and two dogs. It’s tough. As poor form as it was for you to include others in that thread, I chose to give you a pass. As I do now. > > Crafting that pit thread did reveal a lack of breeding on your part, so it was not without merit, albeit in an unintentional way. As does your post I’m replying to here. > > Now, let me go check that other thread again to see how you defend the assertions you make. _You’re_ the one who’s been pushing a separate-but-equal “solution” to the issues surrounding SSM as though it’s the coolest thing since sliced bread, and _I’m_ the one who’s guilty of double-dickery?\* Look, I’m sorry if you’re insulted that I piggy-backed your last pitting on the one about my dog. I’d been meaning to give you your own pitting, but to be honest, someone else pitted you fairly recently and it didn’t seem worthwhile. But as long as I was on about the dog, I figured I could work you in. The dog doesn’t seem to mind. \*I just looked, and there’s still only one there. You should contact your insult vendor and get your money back. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/30 "2009-05-26T02:19:34Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I can’t remember any elaboration or suggested list of portending dooms at all. Only some nebulous “something really really bad might happen some time”. > > So, I vote it’s just bullshit wrapped in horse shit. Turdpieapples? ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/31 "2009-05-26T02:22:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Frankly, I’m firmly in the pro-SSM camp, no surprise, but I’m really finding these threads tiresome. He’s not going to answer the question. Ever. He’s going to dance around it like Roy Scheider playing Bob Fosse. He’s going to jump from point to point all around the question, but never land square on it. He has no answer, is the problem, and trying to get him to admit that he has no answer is not going to work. mmm…Roy Scheider as Bob Fosse. What a man! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/32 "2009-05-26T02:33:06Z")
**magellan01** you are a fucking idiot. Zero comprehension. Prolly didn’t even understand that I just insulted you. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/33 "2009-05-26T02:45:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **magellan01** you are a fucking idiot. Zero comprehension. Prolly didn’t even understand that I just insulted you. How about you and those GPS chips that work without batteries, or any power source whatsoever? Who’s the idiot? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/34 "2009-05-26T02:47:37Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > How about you and those GPS chips that work without batteries, or any power source whatsoever? Who’s the idiot? lol WTF are you talking about, dipshit? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/35 "2009-05-26T02:48:35Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > How about you and those GPS chips that work without batteries, or any power source whatsoever? Who’s the idiot? Uh, you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/36 "2009-05-26T03:02:10Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > lol WTF are you talking about, dipshit? > [@](#): > > Still, a lot of people have no idea that even with your phone off, even without the battery in it, someone could be listening to you or tracking you. This, dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/37 "2009-05-26T03:05:40Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > This, dipshit. See, I never said “without any power source whatsoever”… those are your words. And yes, without the battery. Every phone has a Li-ion battery in it for the clock, and it can provide plenty of power for the microphone to function. Moron. You’re at least as stupid as **magellon01**. I bet with practice, or with more posts, you could convince me that you are dumber than he is, tho, so please keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/38 "2009-05-26T03:08:05Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > This, dipshit. What does this have to do with anything we were talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/39 "2009-05-26T03:09:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > See, I never said “without any power source whatsoever”… those are your words. > > And yes, without the battery. Every phone has a Li-ion battery in it for the clock, and it can provide plenty of power for the microphone to function. > > Moron. > > You’re at least as stupid as **magellon01**. I bet with practice, or with more posts, you could convince me that you are dumber than he is, tho, so please keep trying. Did you provide a cite in the other thread? That the evil GOVERNMENT can track you via cell phone, even without a battery? Waiting. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/40 "2009-05-26T03:12:30Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > What does this have to do with anything we were talking about? Same question [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624.md?page=3)