Dan Savage may need to come up with a definition for “corbett” that is as disgusting as his definition of “santorum,” because our esteemed governor has gone full-little-Ricky.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) compared gay marriage to incest between siblings Friday during an appearance on a morning news show in Harrisburg.
The governor was speaking about same-sex marriage on WHP-TV when one of the anchors asked about a statement administration lawyers had made in a court filing, comparing the marriage of gay couples to the marriage of children because neither can legally marry in the state.
“It was an inappropriate analogy, you know,” Corbett said, according to the Associated Press. “I think a much better analogy would have been brother and sister, don’t you?”
Actually, neither analogy is particularly good. Children cannot get married because they are not mature enough to make that kind of life decision, and siblings cannot marry because their children would have an unacceptable risk of birth defects or congenital disease. Gay people can’t get married because society has traditionally frowned on homosexual behavior. The three taboos are quite distinct in their rationale. Children haven’t become more mature and there has been no diminishment of the heath risks to the offspring of incest, but our understanding of homosexuality has evolved and expanded considerably.
I’d also like to note that, although Corbett didn’t mention it specifically, dogs are no more sexually attractive today than they were when Eisenhower was our president.
There you go again, fighting “conservative” emotion with cold-hearted reason. Also, too, Corbett may possibly lack empathy….
“Conservatives” mock compassion as weakness; callousness is a virtue.
They usually don’t make arguments, they rely on hate to win the day!
The look on the reporter’s face after Corbett made his incest comment.
She looks like she’s wondering whether some of his ancestors married their siblings.
It is interesting what homophobes’ worst case scenarios tell about their sexual fantasies, isn’t it?
Santorum – man on dog
Cornyn – box turtles
Corbett – sibling incest
Must be some raised eyebrows among Corbett’s siblings.
When it comes time to make an analogy, they just spit out the first thing that comes to mind, likely based on the last bit of pornography they watched on the internet while their “wife” wasn’t home.
It is also an appropriate analogy to compare Gov. Corbett’s brain to that of a sea slug.
And you hate sea slugs because? . . .
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He was already doomed in Philly, but now it’s settled. TOAST.
All the more reason we need the best candidate for governor, not a corporate tool.
How did this dickhead get elected in the first place?
Same way we got the Tealiban House. Lazy voters who think it’s only important to get out and vote in Presidential election years.
And the guy running against Corbett was just awful, as Boo could tell you. The only thing the guy would say in his commercials was that he was running to clean up Harrisburg. Not exactly something that gets people excited to vote for you.
“Gay people can’t get married because society has traditionally frowned on homosexual behavior.”
It’s called the incest “taboo” for a reason. Do we make it illegal for people with high risk genetic disorders to marry? Siblings could take a test.
Corbett is absolutely right, but no one cares much about homosexuality anymore so the laws will change.
There records in European archives of people in the marrying farm animals, but that was 500 hears ago. Times change.
More to the point, dogs (or any other non-human animal) can’t give informed consent, whether or not someone finds them attractive. Neither can kids. That’s why it’s called statutory rape.
I’m increasingly convinced that it’s impossible to defend bans on same-sex marriage without coming off like a monumental dolt.
Right, because Conservatives can’t seem to grasp that going down to the courthouse to get married, and going to church to get married, are two totally seperate things. Notice there is no push by Cons/GOPers/Teabaggers to repeal divorce laws.
While I’m not sure if marriage per se is allowed, incest is legal in some places. For instance in France and the Netherlands incest is allowed between siblings if they are consenting adults. Also, if both adults are over 18, New Jersey law does not apply sanctions.