Yorick, by a "sheet" I meant the white kind, that you wear when visiting friends around a bonfire.
Obscure reference -- sorry.
Now, as for consenting animals, once you figure out how to talk to a duck and obtain its consent, then as far as I'm concerned it's okay for you to ____ the duck.
As for paedophilia, I don't think you made the argument that children can consent. I'm not going there -- unless you make the argument.
As for the consanguinity laws, I don't disagree -- they probably aren't needed. EXCEPT, to the extent they can prevent legitimizing molestation in the home, which may be where the laws originated to begin with.
As for polygamy, I've got no problem with it philosophically. In reality, the polygamistic families I've seen tend to be scary patriarchal enclaves, where fathers do marry their daughters, etc. And, they exist in places other than Utah, FYI. There are quite a number of polygamist societies all over the American west. Anyway, what do I care -- why is it my place to tell a man he can't put up with 2 women if that's what he wants?
Now, this does present a problem because marriage is not just moral or religious, but also legal. And, with multiple people benefitting from the same legal protection, we could have a problem. All the more reason to do away with legal marriage altogether and make it purely a religious thing...
Anyway, with all due respect, I still see your take on who can adopt as ludricrously illogical:
Only couples who could procreate, if they were in perfectly working order as nature intended, may adopt. Well, that's just silly, man. In fact, it targets couples who generally don't need to or want to adopt.
Would you let single people adopt?
Anyway, I'll say it again, two fathers is way better than none.
For all your "love is everything" message you spout, on this issue you're as guilty as drawing an arbitrary line as any of us are.
Oh, and while we're at it, you keep referring to nature, and every mammal in nature exhibits homosexual tendancies. So, you're barking up the wrong tree there, too.