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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/jeremy-irons-on-gay-marri_n_3009495.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voicesAcademy Award winning actor Jeremy Irons said Wednesday that while he doesn't have much of a strong opinion either way on same-sex marriage, he believes it poses interesting questions, including whether allowing same-sex marriage would open the door for interfamilial relationships.
"Could a father not marry his son?" Irons asked HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps. Irons argued that "it's not incest between men" because "incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don't breed," and wondered whether same-sex marriage might allow fathers to pass on their estates to their sons without being taxed.
"It seems to me that now they're fighting for the name," Irons said of advocates for same-sex marriage as opposed to civil unions. "I worry that it means somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that."
Irons reiterated that he "[doesn't] have a strong feeling either way" on same-sex marriage, and said that he "[wishes] everybody who's living with one other person the best of luck in the world, because it's fantastic."
"Living with another animal, whether it be a husband or a dog, is great," he said. "It's lovely to have someone to love. I don't think sex matters at all. What it's called doesn't matter at all."
Irons also blasted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over the proposed restrictions on soda, describing himself as a "complete libertarian" and likening Bloomberg's policies to a "nanny state."
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I love me some Jeremy Irons but am so disappointed
warrior1
(12,325 posts)I think he's just being stupid.
EOTE
(13,409 posts)regarding what kind of agreement two consenting adults can participate in. Especially one as vital as marriage. That seems more like the kind of libertarianism we have here in the states, as in the hypocritical kind (rights for me, not for thee). How incredibly disappointing.
Oh, and Die Hard with a Vengeance sucked balls.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)"It makes me uneasy to think about why it makes me uneasy."
CincyDem
(6,407 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,860 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)he claims he doesn't care much one way or another and then goes on to make those horrible comments.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Thought better of you.
JI7
(89,279 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Looks like he spent too much time acting and not enough time critically thinking.
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)doesn't constitute intelligence.... OMG!! What asinine crap!! Incest is incest...
I don't believe marriage between family members could preclude that.
I'll still be able to watch Irons, as he is one of my favorites. Everyone can have a "insane brain-fart" moment.
But I doubt I'll ever be able to watch Clint Eastwood again. That's a shame, as I loved his movies. But I just can't get past his disgusting "talking to an empty chair, ie Obama" schtick. That was so low! To me, he is the Bad and the Ugly - forever!
JI7
(89,279 posts)and other shit. the guy is just making up shit.
Aristus
(66,478 posts)Did he learn nothing from "Brideshead Revisited"?
Heartless, man...
I've blown the doors off of brick buildings with my Jeremy Irons impression. It'll be a little harder to do in the future...
Cleita
(75,480 posts)He doesn't seem to have reasoned much of this out or is he drinking?
Squinch
(51,048 posts)ananda
(28,885 posts)That happens sometimes.
spanone
(135,900 posts)many times very disappointing.