Posted on 08/13/2015 8:47:00 AM PDT by C19fan
The recent Supreme Court decision which asserted that the right to marry is a constitutional right, including for same sex couples, has raised prompted some commentators to question whether the same could be said of polygamy. Polygamy has long been prohibited and rarely practised in the United States, but at least the practise is quite common in many parts of the Islamic world and sub-Saharan Africa. What is increasingly common in the United States, however, are various forms of 'polyamory', where people have multiple sexual and romantic partners with the full knowledge of their partners.
YouGov's research shows that most Americans (56%) reject the idea that polyamory is somehow morally acceptable, though one quarter of the country does think that polyamorous relationships are morally acceptable. Polygamy, that is marriage between more than two people, is even less acceptable, with 69% saying that polygamy is immoral and only 14% believing that it is morally acceptable.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.yougov.com ...
Well, why not? Pandora’s Box has already been opened, is it really that much more ridiculous than letting two members of the same sex marry?
If my daughter needed health insurance coverage, I guess I should be able to marry her so I can add her to my work coverage.
Why not?
With the current hook-up culture going on, who needs monogamy anymore?
Just don’t ever have kids, because their brains only function properly with a mom and a dad.
and your son too, you heterosexist!
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How is “polyamory” different from “screwing whatever crosses your path,” which is how many people live?
Every civilization that has practiced polygamy has collapsed.
With stuff like AshleyMadison.com out there, in an informal sense we are already there.
“Every civilization that has practiced polygamy has collapsed.”
Too many nagging M-I-Ls a civilization does not make!
Every civilization that practiced monogamy has collapsed too. What’s your point?
He should be able to marry his daughter, his son, his lama, his llama, his sheep, and his goat.
Maybe even his dog, his cat, and his hedgehog ...
A homo did that.
He legally adopted his homosexual lover for the medical benefits.
Icky times 2!
That’s messed up. More people think it’s okay to have sex with multiple others that you aren’t married to but being married to multiple people is wrong?
It differs in that women in polygamous arrangements have historically, inevitably, been reduced to chattel for a dominating male.
Every civilization that has practiced same-sex has collapsed. Polygamy is just piling on.
“... the practise is quite common in many parts of the Islamic world and sub-Saharan Africa.”
So is female genital mutilation.
IOW open marriage.
Did bill Clinton write this article under a different name?
I’m going to marry my pet turtle and since turtles don’t need health insurance, neither do I.
Nothing regarding “marriage” is tabu any more. And anyone who says there is any marriage tabu will be dealt with in proper time.
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