March 5, 2009

from the culture wars

David Gibbs III, a lawyer who in 2005 fought to keep brain-damaged Terri Schiavo on life support, told rally participants gay marriage would “open the door to unusual marriage in North Carolina. “Why not polygamy, or three or four spouses?” Gibbs asked. “Maybe people will want to marry their pets or robots.“

Used to, we only had to worry about donkeys.

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  1. Cindy Scroggins on March 5th, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    Well, there’s a nice little trip down memory lane.

    I’m still pondering unusual marriage in North Carolina….

  2. Deron Bauman on March 5th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    the origin of the donkey meme. it took me forever to find it.

    but I found it.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on March 5th, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Yep, that was it. I remember it well.

  4. Dan Smalley on March 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    I want to marry a robot. Perhaps Wall-E. No, The Iron Giant, definitely.

    Gay robot marriage. That moron’s head would explode.

  5. Amy Mabli on March 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Gay donkey robot polygamy is where I draw the line.

  6. Aaron Winslow on March 6th, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Also, what if people want to marry themselves? Or if robots want to marry themselves three or four times? Or what if we’re all just characters in some gay robot’s dream wedding?

    What if a can of chili wants to marry a gay ceramic mushroom? Mr. Gibbs is not even scratching the surface of what legal gay marriage could do to North Carolina.

  7. Cindy Scroggins on March 6th, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Hey, y’all–let’s all move to North Carolina!

  8. Colin on March 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Now, Now, not all of us from the northern state are bigoted, illogical hatemongers like this guy. Remember– we turned NC blue this last election :)