Reply #44: Exactly. The issue is equal protection. [View All]

[Brotherjohn]

Banning gay marriage denies rights afforded heterosexuals. Thus, the equal protection clause of the constitution is violated. Polygamy is illegal for everyone (just as any number of other actions are; murder, theft, vandalism...). There is no equal protection issue at stake with polygamy.

To equate gay marriage with polygamy, bestiality, etc. as Rep. Musgrave did the other night on Larry King, and as backers of the "slippery slope" argument continue to do, is simply bigotry at it's worst.

The point is, you can't make something legal for one group of people and illegal for another, simply by virtue of who they inherently are (minority race, female, homosexual, etc.).