Don't Judge ME

One concept that I wanted to talk more about was the topic of Judging Analogies that was found in Chapter 12 of Epstein's book. In this section of the chapter he writes how we should look at arguments made through analogies and be able to judge them better through a system of steps. He cites examples from Magic Johnson having HIV, Homosexual marriage, and Government deficit. I like all of the examples he made in the text but one that really spoke to me was the one where Zoe refuted Tom's reasoning of anti-gay marriage through analogy. Through Zoe's analogy, she was able to show that his conclusion could be considered as absurd. And why isn't it? Kim Kardashian's 72 hour marriage is getting press coverage from all over the nation and hailed as simply another "celebrity wedding" yet gay marriages aren't allowed because of the assumption that they would fail the "traditional" system? Shouldn't celebrity weddings be banned entirely then?