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It is a truth academically purported, that a single man in possession of no social skills, must be in want of a fembot.

The Marriage Amendment was never a hot button issue for me. Sure, I support it -- Marriage, one man, one woman, got it, can we move on? I never considered the institution of marriage a potential slippery slope victim.

Then I discovered robot love.

After the fiasco of my first post , I abandoned my efforts on the follow-up “Cavalry Carnage in the American Civil War” and clicked over to Scientific American. For those not familiar with that publication, it targets an academic audience looking to keep apace of technological developments outside their chosen field. If you can muscle past the anti-God arrogance of the editorial staff, it is an interesting read. However left it leans, it is certainly not a periodical on the fringe.

There I found the article "Not Tonight, Dear, I Have to Reboot" which explores the possibility of marriage between humans, particularly anti-social ones, and robots. You may have read similar stories over the past few months. What bothered me about this particular piece was the publication that carried it. More suitable for a Larry Flynt smut mag than a so-called science periodical, the article gives new meaning to the words “Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.”

I will refrain from posting the tawdry details; however, there are two quotes that provide insight into how David Levy, the researcher on this project, feels about humans and marriage.

In a question and answer segment, the clearly misogynist Levy states, “Then I got the idea that sex with dolls is like sex with prostitutes—you know the prostitute doesn't love you and care for you, is only interested in the size of your wallet.”

Where is the outrage from liberal feminists?

Later he says, “I think the nature of marriage in the future is that it will be what we want it to be. If you and your partner decide to be married, you decide what the bounds are, what its purpose is to you.”

Scientific American’s decision to grant credibility to Levy’s work tells me everything I need to know about the left’s designs for marriage. Levy is British, but I nominate federal funding of any similar American research for the chopping block in the first round of McCain era spending cuts.

And, yes, sign me up for that Marriage Amendment.