How to argue with those who don't want marriage for everyone

Marriage for all is still a topic in our country, even though the laws are gradually starting to change for the better. However, at a time when it is the center of public interest, groups against it are appearing on social media and in real life. What are their most common arguments and how to fight against them?

1. "That's against nature!"

The basic idea that being gay is "against nature" often stems from misunderstandings or outdated ideas about biology and sexuality. When we look at the animal kingdom, they too exhibit various forms of sexuality, including homosexual behavior. What we don't see in them are cell phones, environmental destruction, and a host of other things that we as humans can actually do against nature.

Btw, a rational person is probably the only animal on planet Earth that organizes weddings. But weddings have taken many forms in human history. And while today in the Czech Republic we are discussing whether a man can marry a man and a woman a woman, in other times and in other places it was decided whether people of different skin colors or different social classes were allowed to marry.

2. "When a man can marry a man and a woman can marry a woman, soon people will be able to marry dogs or irons."

This argumentative fallacy, nicknamed the slanted surface, consists of taking some possibility and inventing that if it works, some bizarre thing will happen that doesn't follow from it at all. For example, the fact that if a man marries a man, an adult will be able to marry a child.

The fight for marriage for all, however, is based on one principle: Marriage should be a voluntary union of two people who can express informed consent to such a thing. Can a pet assess all the consequences of marriage? Erm... no. The same applies to inanimate objects, although we occasionally come across cases of people marrying, for example,the Eiffel Tower . However, such attempts at marriage have no basis in law.

3. "Did you know that someone in the LGBTQ+ community promised in 2006 that LGBT+ people would no longer seek marriage?"

It was hard for anyone to decide that a registered partnership, which has been in operation in the Czech Republic since 2006, would be enough for LGBTQ+ people. Many years have passed since 2006, many LGBTQ+ people have unfortunately passed away, but many have been born or have come out - and they too have the right to fight for their human rights.