Do you support Polygamy?

What happens at the end of the slippery slope? When we all fall into whatever fate you believe is awaiting us, what happens? Godlessness? Communism? The Apocalypse? You need to help me out, here, because I seriously have no idea why you don't want some people in Utah living the same way king David did.

 

I thought States in the US were supposed to be representative democracies?

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Polygamy and polyandry can be forms of private, social safety nets.

 

How the hell does stopping the government from dictating marriage rights have anything to do with women raising children?

 

No it's only partly about fiscal benefits. There are still many gays who want equal rights on principle, wanting to be treated the same and not having to endure the "separate but equal" BS that blacks had to.

 

Every liberal I know supports polygamy.

 

I am neutral on polygamy. I really don't care if people want to do it, as long as it's consensual across all parties. Problem is, there are some of the religious folks who take it too far, getting underage girls involved in it. That I don't condone, but as long as all parties are of age and it's consensual, I have no objection.

 

The bible does. So do I.

 

That's true. You've been reading Heinlein?

 

Why marry multiple wives when you can just bang hores? Why bother marrying them and become the horemaster?

 

Don't care about polygamy. Its advocates will have to make a strong case for it.

And unlike "gay marriage" it is not a civil rights issue.

 

The right to marry is always a civil rights issue. The government should not have the authority to dictate whether or not consenting adults are allowed to get married. End of story.

 

You are so boring, RtWngaFraud. Please leave me alone.

 

Yeah, get with the program already. "Keep the government out of it"? Seriously?

What happens when the Senior Wife decides she wants to divorce the Junior Wife, but the Middle Wives and the Husband disagrees? Let's say the Senior Wife then decides to resign from the marriage. How is the community property distributed? What about the children? What responsibility does the departing Senior Mother have towards the children of the other women?

These are all legal issues, and these are all legal issues that would have to be addressed by the legislature if it considers allowing polygamy, polyandry, line marriages, etc.

That would be a much more constructive thing state legislatures could do than coming up with pointless regulations for toilet capacity or super-fast choo-choos.

 

That's not the issue of Polygamy anymore. That is now the issue of Age Of Consent.

 

Don't like polygamy then don't marry more than one person. See that was easy. Now I hope you are not forcing what you like or don't like onto others. I know a lot of Americans like to announce how free America is and then quickly erase as many freedoms as possible. Seriously, if it's not your cup of tea why take it away from those who desire it.

 

What if a bunch of people just live together and practice various kinds of sex without the benefit of marriage or other contractual arrangements? Should they be arrested, too?
Is it a problem only when someone claims to be married to a few people, like a Mormon man, for example, who goes to jail? And why don't they put his "wives" in jail?

 

It is interesting that advanced, Western nations, with a Christian tradition, have increasingly recognized gender-equality for couples in marriage, but not multiple-partner marriages, just as nations in the Islamic tradition, are far more apt to have legalized polygyny but not polyandry and never unions of same-sex couples.

 

Your lack respect for women isn't very progressive. By the way, the word is spelled 'whores'.

 

Polygamy: one would need the wisdom of Solomon to address this problem.

How many wives did he have?

 

The historical evidence for widespread polygamy, like that for widespread incest, is mainly negative. The only time it seems to work is when there is already a great imbalance of women to men (usually as a result of war). Given the sex choosing options of places like China and India and the resulting surplus of men, it would make more sense to bring in polyandry (a woman having multiple husbands). If that works out, then we could consider allowing polygamy.

 

You say "then we could consider allowing polygamy." What do you mean by "we," Kemosabe?

Think of all the new country songs about "my cheatin' wives" and such.

 

I may be an arch-Conservative, economically speaking, but hey -- now that the "Supreme" Court has, in effect, legalized queer-marriage in the United States, and set forth the concept that anything goes, why shouldn't we have polygamy, too?

Moreover, if I want to marry my Mother, my Uncle, my Sister, my Sister's boyfriend, my Sister's boyfriend's dog, and whoever and whatever else in the world I want, who's going to stop me?! Anything goes! Including the United States of America -- right down into a swirling toilet where all of history's other mistakes have been deposited....

 

Ell yea, as long as I don't have to share a poosy with other dudes?

 

Which moral order is being disintegrated through polygamy more than the abomination of hypocrisy, which gets a free pass, even from the Right.

 

It is supposed to be about Individual Liberty; why does the right never get that concept on a not for profit basis?

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sure, you say that now...