# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**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 27, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/141 "2009-05-27T05:42:39Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > That’s what you’re arguing, yes. But that is not true traditionally or historically. > > Now, if you want to hang your empty skull on the same hook with **Snoboarder Bo’s** empty coat and cite the Nuer, be my guest. You guys would make a good team. But I think, HOPE, you’re not that dumb. Actually I hope nobody else is that dumb. You have never shown anything to counter that the Nuer allow, accept, and condone female-female marriage. Nothing. All you have done is state that it isn’t marriage, but it clearly is, both culturally and legally in that society. And by the way, all coats on hooks are empty. People don’t hang them up while still wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/142 "2009-05-27T12:02:41Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Is this acceptable, now? No. Sometimes I sleep and stuff. And there are better ways to find out the answer to questions like that. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/143 "2009-05-27T12:04:48Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Only by moderators, I guess. This comes pretty close to junior modding. If it’s a comment about moderation, it’s in the wrong forum. No warning issued. **Gfactor** Pit Moderator ---
**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 27, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/144 "2009-05-27T13:30:56Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > But I don’t hold “ease” as an important metric for what we should do. So your contention that “it makes it less of a change to accommodate three people than it does two people of the same sex” is specious? If you’re going to argue slippery-slope, at least admit your error when it’s pointed out that the slope isn’t all that slippery. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/145 "2009-05-27T13:54:12Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Unless you want to search more. > > See ya. That is my recollection of your reasoning. It could be summarized as “what about the chiiiiiildren!?!” If you have some other, much more compelling reason, no one else seems aware of it, or this thread wouldn’t have been started, so by all means, please articulate it and put all our irritating questioning to rest. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/146 "2009-05-27T16:39:17Z")
Whoah! Moderators warning moderators! Dogs and cats together! Dropped toast landing buttered side up! Repent now lest ye be munched on by demons! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/147 "2009-05-27T19:41:54Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > I bet magellan’s eventual “long-ass” OP will be just as full of shit as his posts on this subject usually are. Meaning his posts won’t agree with my reasoning, therefore they = shit. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/148 "2009-05-27T19:44:32Z")
I’d hate to see what would happen if he got involved in the “Don’t walk on the bike path!” Pit thread! 😛 ---
**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 27, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/149 "2009-05-27T20:41:23Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Meaning his posts won’t agree with my reasoning, therefore they = shit. 😛 You know if someone ignores logic and constructs an argument that’s stupid on the face of it, it’s not bad to call them on it. Do you moon landing deniers deserve respect for their beliefs? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624/150 "2009-05-28T02:27:10Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > But that doesn’t even make sense. Gay marriage will mean fewer people fuck procreatively? How? Maybe they’ll be too busy dancing at the local club, or buying faaaaaabulous clothes. That’s a joke, in case it wasn’t obvious enough for our less humorous folks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bad-things-might-happen-if-same-sex-couples-get-married/497624.md?page=7)