>Yeah, you should start leading again by cross-species marriage too.
They keyword is consent. Animals can't consent. Children can't consent. Having said that, in a few years (decades?), I could see poly-marriages also getting equal standing under the law.
There is no question that this is the case. This video a guy articulates this, be warned I suspect that his conservative opinions and religiousness may rub some HN users the wrong way. However I think his point is persuasive and well made nevertheless.
The graph-theoretic algorithms necessary to puzzle out polyamorous marriage contracts are going to be somewhat irritating to explain to the legal folks...
They keyword is consent. Animals can't consent. Children can't consent. Having said that, in a few years (decades?), I could see poly-marriages also getting equal standing under the law.