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09/09/2011
Weprin opponent, Turner endorser: Same-sex marriage akin to incest
On Bob Turner's website, the aspiring Congressman proudly touts his endorsement from State Assemblyman Dov Hikind:
On the National Organization For Marriage's mailers in support of Turner's campaign/in rejection of opponent David Weprin's candidacy and faith, NOM uses Hikind to deny Weprin's ability to be both an Orthodox Jew and a supporter of civil equality.
So what, exactly, are NOM and Turner pushing when they push Hikind's voice on this issue? Well, for one: They're getting the idea that same-sex marriage is just like incest:
"If you say that gay marriage is kosher, why not respect the wishes of any two consenting adults who fall in love, wish to marry and start a family: brother and sister, father and daughter, mother and son, etc. Incest or other deviant behavior is becoming a legal reality for the future. As my colleague Assemblyman Brodsky said in his address on the issue of gay marriage: If it makes people happy, and it doesn’t hurt anyone else why should we oppose it? And in that same line of thinking, why should we refer to other such relationships, incestuous though they may be, as disgusting? And that is why, in fact, I am considering introducing legislation to decriminalize incest.
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If we authorize gay marriage in the state of New York, those who want to live and love incestuously will be five steps closer to achieving their goals, as well."
-Hikind in a letter to the New York Observer
Five steps closer, huh? Weird, it's been a month, and I've yet to see an Upper West Side mother pushing a Bugaboo with a "Just Married" sign attached to it. Perhaps I need to tell my husband I love him just a little more before that happens.
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