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Friday, January 11, 2013

Hetero Today in Traditional Marriage

Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:11 PM

A comment at the New York Daily News:

This marriage of one woman and one man was going very well until gays started to get marriage equality. This is an example of marriage equality destroying a traditional, stable, loving, caring, and supportive marriage relationship.

I don't see the connection... but gay marriage works in mysterious ways. (Thanks to Slog tipper Toby.)

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Could this be an instance of sarcasm?

Posted by Ricardo on January 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM

Yeah, I'm going with sarcasm too.

Posted by originalcinner on January 11, 2013 at 1:27 PM

Oh please, I've been shocked, beaten, and dragged behind a truck by my wife dozens of times, and we have a great marriage.

Posted by seandr on January 11, 2013 at 2:22 PM

In the sub headline of the linked to article:

"Jeanette Morris flew into a rage when she discovered her ex, Robert Hall, was staying at her home with another woman. Morris, her brother and another woman savagely beat Hall and then tied him to a drunk and dragged him for a half mile, cops say."

"tied him to a drunk and dragged him for a half mile"

Nothing worse than being tied to a drunk and dragged...

Classic!

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on January 11, 2013 at 2:36 PM

@4: I beg to differ. It would be much, much worse if he'd been tied to a drunk and drug for a half mile.

Posted by originalcinner on January 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM

@3 Lifetime GGG award for you!

Posted by Dr_Awesome on January 11, 2013 at 2:38 PM

If the government ever decided to start tracking the criminally insane, the comments sections of the New York Daily News would be the place to start compiling data.

Posted by Bronxman on January 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM

If by "traditional marriage," people mean a one-on-one pairing sanctioned by law that promotes stable nuclear families, that is long-term, and that is based on love, loyalty and all those other great human and American values, then letting gays get married strengthens traditional marriage.

Posted by DRF on January 11, 2013 at 3:27 PM

She looks like a lifetime of woe.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on January 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM

@9 or six months of meth.

Posted by Sandiai on January 11, 2013 at 4:41 PM

Ms F - "All those other great human and American values?"

Please tell me you're not being an exceptionalist. We are so far behind so many countries/continents in that regard it's painful.

Posted by vennominon on January 11, 2013 at 6:09 PM

Ironically, from the same page, I see this story linked:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mi…

Now *that's* a traditional marriage! Divorce is evil! Until death do us part, bitch!

Posted by gromm on January 11, 2013 at 6:32 PM

I read it as sarcasm.

Posted by sissoucat on January 12, 2013 at 4:05 AM

Definitely sarcasm. Bigots would never refer to it as "marriage equality".

And that woman is only 61? Yikes. My 92 year old grandmother looks better (way better).

Posted by raggeddog on January 12, 2013 at 6:09 AM