Posted on 08/06/2014 7:16:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
When the fight for gay marriage began to gain traction back in the early years of the last decade, social conservative critics usually went beyond denying that marriage could be redefined to include same-sex couples. Many of them argued that homosexuals were much less inclined than heterosexuals to valorize the ideal of monogamy. Allowing gays and lesbians to marry would therefore introduce a polyamorous option into the institution, and adultery would come to be viewed as an acceptable option for all marriages.
A spate of recent articles explicitly making the case for polyamory would seem to vindicate those conservative predictions and worries.
The latest example appeared a few days ago in The New Republic (reprinted from the New Statesman). Three and a half years into a relationship with a woman, author Rosie Wilby finds that "other people act as our kindling. Love breeds love." The experience leads her to ask rhetorically: What if we all came to view "our relationships as a pyramid structure with our primary partner at the top and a host of lovers, friends, spiritual soul mates, colleagues, and acquaintances beneath that?"
That's the polyamorist ideal, which Wilby defines as "consensual multiple loving connections, some sexual, some not, in a myriad of combinations and hierarchies." And, she insists, it's far better for everyone involved (including children) than the serial monogamy that she sees practiced by many straight and gay couples alike, leading to high rates of separation, divorce, and broken homes. "Instead of serial relationships one after the other," perhaps it would be better to foster "parallel ones running alongside one another." And anyway, we already act this way, fantasizing about sex with friends and acquaintances, making emotional connections with people other than our spouses or partners, sometimes cheating on them outright. So "why pretend"
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
Because what ever you do, don’t commit to anything.
How do you guarantee that sexual diseases will not spread if you make this widely acceptable?
Things are going to be turned upside-down for them soon. We have about reached the tipping point, where everything will be right-side up again.
I have some news. Polygamy never went away. Far more of this goes on than almost anyone realizes.
I agree, but it will probably require the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
If a man wants to put up with 4 or 5 Harpies, have at it.
More than one wife -—> more than one mother-in-law (unless you are foolish enough to marry *sisters*)...
Cheers!
RE: Polygamy never went away. Far more of this goes on than almost anyone realizes.
Ahh, but is it recognized by law?
If a man has four “wives” but is officially married to only one of them and forgot to write a will... who gets his money at his death?
Do our laws cater for that?
Why not, if you’re going to allow faggotry then who are we to say no to polyamory.
It will be fun to see the gays play Twister to try to justify their lifestyle while denying others.
Next up; pedophilia, then incest. Even odds whether bestiality or necrophilia is the last taboo.
The one in the middle, “That’s a man, baby!”
Everyone knows monogamy is an institution that was concocted by dead white males to perpetuate the Republican Party.
Like, that's just like, so beautiful, man!
Hey,I’m a great mother-in-law!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“If a man has four “wives” but is officially married to only one of them and forgot to write a will... who gets his money at his death?”
The folks I know haven’t “forgotten” about contract law, wills and probate, and the like. And why do you assume there is an “official” wedding in the first place?
“Do our laws cater for that?”
Actually, they do quite nicely. Do a little research. Any group of people can create any number of ways to handle their affairs. Grown ups do it all the time. You should look into it sometime.
We would be hearing even more of this kind of baloney if Romney had won two years ago.
Isn’t that what we used to call a floozy?
Har,,har
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