California overturns ban on same-sex marriage

[cacophony]

oh god not the "slippery slope" argument again.

IF YOU LET A HAPPEN THEN SURELY YOU HAVE TO LET Z HAPPEN!!!!!

[Deckard]

Well no, it's not really a slippery slope argument (edit: or at least not a fallacious one). I'm not using it to advocate or assert anything, just pointing out a trend and wondering whether that will continue; whether marriage may become old fashioned and die out. Seems a reasonable thing to wonder.

Or were you referring to something else?

[cacophony]

i'm talking about the suggestion that loosening the death grip on the definition of marriage means we have to let polygamy and incest into the club, too. AND WHY DON'T WE LET PEOPLE MARRY ANIMALS AND HATS AND SANDWICHES, TOO?!?!?!?!

i hate slippery slope arguments. the problem is most of us are capable of abstract reasoning, and through that skill we can tease out even the most tenuous connection between ideas. so everything you can think of becomes a potential slippery slope.

[Deckard]

Ah I see.

Sounds like you're referring to those slippery slope advocates who hold the view that "marriage must be between a man and a woman".

Can't say I really picked up on that in Skie's post tbh.

I thought it was more a genuine point about polygamy in relation to what is and isn't acceptable.

Consenting adults, and all that....