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I'm not sure what this has to do with this thread. How does this fall in with the sister wives desire to have polygamy legalized based on gay marriages being legalized?
Especially since the cohabitation laws in Utah and some surrounding states were enacted with the expressed purpose of criminalizing the fundamentalist lifestyle after Utah outlawed polygamy in order to gain entry into the Union.
BS if the gays can have their gay marriages then the polygamists should have their plural marriages. Divide the benefits up appropriately and if me as a taxpayer pay more then so be it. I'm for the rights of all not a few. People who are for gay marriages and against plural marriages are hypocrites.
How will you "divide up" the right to not be compelled to testify against your spouse? If a defendant has 3 legal spouses, can the state compel each spouse to testify, but they may omit every third word?
I don't at all agree with your last statement. Every adult now has the right to be married to the person of his/her choice. We all share that right equally. In what way is that hypocritical?
I'm not sure what this has to do with this thread. How does this fall in with the sister wives desire to have polygamy legalized based on gay marriages being legalized?
The thread appears to be a debate about poly marriage and whether people are for it or against it, with elements of the recently won same sex marriage pulled in as well.
Divide the benefits up appropriately and if me as a taxpayer pay more then so be it. I'm for the rights of all not a few.
I'm not interested in paying for other people to have "rights". People have the right to mate and breed but they shouldn't expect my success to foot the bill for it. There is a difference between "rights" and "entitlement". No one is owed anything more than what they earn.
Gay marriage rulings have pretty much opened up the flood gates.
Whether you believe Polygamy is right or wrong, I don't see how anyone who supported same-sex marriages could within the same logic reject incestuous or polygamous marriages.
What I think is interesting is that we always think of polygamy as being one man with multiple wives. What about the one wife with multiple husbands scenario?
I think that's because the "religions, cults, whatever" who currently practice polygamy would tell you that's not the way it works.
As it stands now employment related health insurance has different coverage levels. Usually something like this:
-Employee Only
-Employee + Spouse
-Employee + Child(ren)
-Employee+Spouse+Children
I don't see how health insurance would change all that much due to PM.
FFS, I'm not suggesting it can't be done. I'm simply pointing out that someone is going to have to tell the Health Insurance Companies that they aren't allowed to say "maximum of one spouse and 10 children". That someone would be the Gov't. Again, my point is that at this point, it's not possible to keep gov't out of marriage issues.
Gay marriage rulings have pretty much opened up the flood gates.
Whether you believe Polygamy is right or wrong, I don't see how anyone who supported same-sex marriages could within the same logic reject incestuous or polygamous marriages.
Yep. It's coming down to the theory that anyone should be able to do anything they want as long as everyone involved consents and is of age.
Goats and dogs, like children, are not capable of consent. That is a barrier I hope and pray that we never break.
This should come as no surprise to anyone. If gender is no longer material in the definition of marriage I see no reason why numbers or prior relationships should be either.
Agree^^. I'm not a Libertarian but I take the Libertarian approach on this: What consenting adults do it their business. It's ok not be to be pro Polygamy, or pro Gay for that matter, but as tax paying Citizens they should be free to do what they want to do.
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