Forty-two years ago, the United States Supreme Court unanimously voted against the laws of Virginia that banned interracial marriage, officially ending years of oppression towards couples of different races (Loving). Yet today, decades after the civil rights movement, another form of subjugation is plaguing America. This subjugation is of the homosexual community, as most states ban same-sex marriage and refuse to even recognise it. Opponents of same-sex marriage state several reasons as to why it should not be permitted, however, these arguments often prove to be based on opinion and personal faith rather than reason and legality. The supposedly valid reasons others give to argue against same-sex marriage are mal-informed, and, in fact, seem to echo the reasons given by those who opposed interracial marriage decades ago.
One such claim given as to why same-sex couples shouldn't be allowed to marry is the slippery-slope argument. This is the belief that allowance of same-sex marriage would open the door to legalisation of more unacceptable forms of relationships, such as polygamy, ...