"We shouldn't let gays get married. If we do, before you know it, people will be marrying their brothers and sisters, animals, plants, multiple people, inanimate objects-it will be chaos. It will be a mockery of marriage. We can't let that happen." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A) The weak analogy fallacy
B) The slippery-slope fallacy
C) The fallacy of inconsistency
D) None of the answers are correct
E) The fallacy of hasty generalization

Question

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The slippery-slope fallacy is identified in this example because it suggests that allowing gay marriage will inevitably lead to extreme and unrelated outcomes without providing a logical basis for such a progression.

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