Let's be clear -- legalizing gay marriage DOES lead directly to slavery

In New York State, surrogacy contracts are illegal because they were, in the words of legislators in the 1990s, "equivalent to buying and selling children."

Buying and selling human beings, and engaging in contracts that expect the state to enforce power over the human beings as a result of the sale, are by definition slavery.

Remember that the 13th Amendment is worded to distinguish slavery from involuntary servitude. The drafters of that amendment  clearly referred to slavery as something distinct from being forced to work against one's will. Slavery referred generally to the treatment of people as chattel for sale and exchange.  (more...)

Let's be clear -- legalizing gay marriage DOES lead directly to slavery