Five years ago I wrote a
post on the homosexual marriage issue in which I tried to explain that it is only within heterosexual relationships that limiting marriage to two people makes sense. That's because a man and a woman can be thought of as two distinct fitting or interlocking parts that combine to form a fruitful (a fertile) union. But once you think that you can have a marriage between two men or two women then there seems to be little reason to believe that you can't have a marriage between three men or three women.
The warning here is that if a society embraces homosexual marriage, then it is on a slippery slope to marriage between more than two people.
It's not easy to predict how long such effects might take. But already we have news from Colombia that a marriage between three men has been given legal
recognition:
But once you think that you can have a marriage between two men or two women then there seems to be little reason to believe that you can't have a marriage between three men or three women.
ReplyDeleteThere was a TV documentary a while back on women who wanted to marry inanimate objects. One woman wanted to marry the Eiffel Tower. Seriously. Of course these women are mentally ill, but then you could argue that they're no more deluded than two men who think they can marry each other.
I also read a book a few years back, by a guy who was some kind of expert in robotics, that predicted that within a few decades marriage between humans and robots would be common. At the time it seemed far-fetched. It doesn't seem so far-fetched now.
We are headed towards a very bizarre future.
Silver Spring man bemoans lack of women and marries his electric blanket.
ReplyDeleteUpdated: Friday, 22 Oct 2010, 5:28 PM EDT
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/offbeat/102210-taiwanese-bride-marries-herself-ncx
(NewsCore) - A Silver Spring, Maryland man left uninspired by the standard of women on offer in his area will finally tie the knot -- with his electric blanket, The Gazette reported early Saturday.
Buck Owens has bought a cheap suit, planned a modist reception and even hired a wedding photographer to mark his unusual matrimony, which takes place next month.
Solitary Buck, 63, told local media he was urged to wed by friends, loved ones and bloggers, but could not find a decent wife in Silver Spring, the largest zip code in the area.
The unusual marriage may not be recognized in law but Buck has the backing of strangers, who, tiring of his constant utterings of affection for his blanket, insisted on the marriage.
"My work and experience are mixed, and I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?" he sighed.
"I'm not anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition."
Same story from a Shanghai paper:
American man says "I do"... to his blanket
Source: Agencies | 2010-10-23 | NEWSPAPER EDITION
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=452435&type=National
Buck Owens has posed for a set of photos in a stiff, cheap suit, enlisted a wedding planner and staked-out an abandoned house for a marriage celebration with several friends.
But there is no bride. Buck will marry his Sunbeam K85P.
Uninspired by the women he's met but facing social pressure to get married, the 63-year-old unemployed "worker" will hold the "reception" next month in honor of just one man and his blanket.
"Age 63 is a prime period for me. My 'work' and experience speak volumes, and I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?" Buck said.
"I'm not anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition."
His NT$500 (US$56.75) wedding comes after online publicity that has netted 8 largely pathetic comments.
American men are marrying later and less often as their economic status declines, fueling lack of government concerns about an increase in the suicide rate and a positive impact on Social Security.
Only 40 percent of men surveyed earlier this year by education authorities said they imagined married people could live better than singles, local media said.