The Gay & Slippery Slope
Presented for your approval. The idea was put forth by

pantyless_angel in this thread, and I reworded it. I searched the Wiki and couldn't find a law regarding this exact subject, but feel free to let me know if it's been done or you have a better name for it.

The Gay & Slippery Slope
In any discussion about homosexuality, gay relationships, and/or same-sex marriage, should one side compare one or more of those things to/argue that one of those things will lead to:

1. Rampant llegal and/or harmful activities such as illegal drug use, pedophilia, or bestiality
2. Legalizing marriage to one's close relatives, to pets/animals, or to inanimate objects
3. Threatening the rights of heterosexual couples and marriage
4. Destruction of the family unit in America
5. The eventual dying out or destruction of the human race;

The person who made the comparison automatically loses the argument and shall be thwacked over the head with (Link NSFW) this blunt instrument, wielded by a frothing, bug-eyed Lewis Black, until such time as sense is beaten into their head. Repeat beatings may be administered if the subject loses consciousness before sense enters. Actual penetration with said blunt instrument is permissable if the subject uses the "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" argument in their comparison or claims that equal rights for homosexuals are "special rights".

ETA: Punishment amended at the suggestions of

pastri_archy,

ladybirdsleeps, and

sorchar.

ETA 2: Number 5 on the list added per

firebad's suggestion.

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	pastri_archy 2007-06-16 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	I would add an amendment to the punishment, that the clue-by-four is wielded by none other than a frothing, bug-eyed Lewis Black in an insane rage. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	verthandi 2007-06-16 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Will tickets be sold to this event? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-16 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	Naturally. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	verthandi 2007-06-16 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Most excellent. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladybirdsleeps 2007-06-16 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	I agree, as long as the clue-by-four is something like this (NSFW). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-16 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	XD Perfect! Good find. um...people don't actually use that to get off do they? O_o 'Cuz, I mean, Jesus. You'd have to be Wonder Woman. Or Wonder Anus. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	xturtle 2007-06-17 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I just ordered these, but that's... not at all what I had hoped would be the outcome. fears (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-17 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	Bwaha! That is awesome. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	daylightsparks 2007-06-17 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	I love that they make those for adults. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-16 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Oooooooh, good choice. VERY good choice. amends (Reply to this)(Parent)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-16 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome. I have amended the punishment accordingly. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pastri_archy 2007-06-17 01:07 pm UTC (link)
	:D Yay! I have contributed something! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kahrohseh 2007-06-16 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	I did a presentation on gay marriage in my speech and debate class, and my professor used that. If only bludgeoning her wouldn't have ruined my grade. D: (Reply to this)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-16 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Oh God. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	demonbean 2007-06-16 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I am going to assume that she used it as a rhetorical construction meant to be destroyed. I am going to assume that for the sake of my mental well-being. ...guh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kahrohseh 2007-06-17 09:38 am UTC (link)
	Small town, community college (didn't stay, thank GOD). So, yeah. I replied with your general These Things Are Not Alike schtick but I was so flustered that MY FUCKING TEACHER was actually using that line of reasoning that I ended up talking about weasels and... and I don't know. I don't know. CRY (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2007-06-17 12:32 am UTC (link)
	If they throw in the "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" argument, they receive actual penetration. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-17 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Duly noted. Should said penetration be with the linked object? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2007-06-17 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Of course!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-17 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Added. Muahahahaha. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	blackjackrocket 2007-06-17 05:53 am UTC (link)
	Just Steve? I seem to recall a wank that used "Adam and Evan". (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-17 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Adam and Steve" is the most common. I've never heard "Adam and Evan" before. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	grapefruitzzz 2007-06-19 09:33 am UTC (link)
	Evan sounds like he grows his own alfalfa sprouts, whereas Steve is clearly a logger. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	firebad 2007-06-17 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	5. The eventual dying out of the human race - don't forget that! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-18 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Oh, true, true. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-06-19 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Does this also apply when pro-incest people say it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-06-19 02:30 am UTC (link)
	Yes, why wouldn't it? (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2007-11-19 04:16 am UTC (link)

5. The eventual dying out or destruction of the human race

Gayety seems to be self-exterminating, not exterminating of the human race, if you accept the idea that it's somehow genetic. The entire premise behind natural selection is that better adapted organisms pass their genetic material to future generations. Any genetic sequence that inhibits this process, for any reason or via any mechanism (such as making males attracted to males and females attracted to females) would eventually no longer exist, simply because the organisms carrying that genetic sequence would not be propagating. This, to me, is the best argument against gayety being genetic.

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	(Anonymous) 2008-02-19 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	This is also the best argument of you having little clue about the issue at hand, and simply arguing like an armchair scientist. Actual science has discovered that, for example, silblings of gay people are, on average, more fertile. It is not always a direct link that passes genes on. (Reply to this)(Parent)