On multiple recent speeches in his campaign for the presidency, former Senator Rick Santorum has used an argument known to philosophers as 'reduction ad absurdum' by comparing gay marriage to polygamy. Questioners who have challenged Santorum on why he does not favor equality for all couples, gay or straight, are met with Santorum trying to browbeat them by telling them they are being illogical and unreasonable, when in fact, he is standing there doing exactly that. For example, Santorum could just as easily argue that gay marriage advocates are promoting group marriage for not just three or more people, but for hundreds, or hundreds of thousands. That is the absurd part of his stance. Gay marriage advocates, however, simply want what straight couples have.
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