"Douglas Berry" wrote in message
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Of course, the difference is that humans can clearly indicate that
they understand marriage, and animals can't. You have a slight
problem there.


Actually, if all humans clearly understood marriage, there'd be no call for
same-sex marriage!



Because contract law depends on both parties being competent to
understand the implications of the agreement.


But we're talking about arbitrarily redefining marriage. Human-animal
marriage wouldn't require the animal to understand the concept of marriage.