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Polygamy Is Constitutional. Here's Why. [Bloomberg Link Only]
Bloomberg [Link only] ^ | April 14, 2016 | Noah Feldman

Posted on 04/14/2016 6:43:34 AM PDT by C19fan

here


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: marriage; polygamy
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1 posted on 04/14/2016 6:43:34 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I can barely handle the one.


2 posted on 04/14/2016 6:44:17 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: C19fan

With SSM now across the country it is safe to come out and say what the Traditionalists said and were pooh–poohed about. The logic used for SSM inevitably leads to polygamy.


3 posted on 04/14/2016 6:44:57 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: MeganC

Ping for your interest Megan Dear.


4 posted on 04/14/2016 6:45:05 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Everyone Does Know that after the Last Brokered Republican Convention, They Lost, Right?)
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To: C19fan
They can end polygamy at once if they would just whisper the following words in the ear of ANY prospective groom considering two wives:

"You're gonna have TWO mother-in-laws!"

No more polygamy.
5 posted on 04/14/2016 6:45:28 AM PDT by mkjessup (The GOPe IS the "Enemy Within" !!)
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To: C19fan

It’s time to separate marriage and the state.


6 posted on 04/14/2016 6:48:24 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: mkjessup
"You're gonna have TWO mother-in-laws!"

Marry sisters!
7 posted on 04/14/2016 6:50:08 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: C19fan

It’s clearly Biblical.


8 posted on 04/14/2016 6:50:30 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: C19fan

James Buchanan Utah War bump


9 posted on 04/14/2016 6:50:33 AM PDT by Pelham (Trump/Tsoukalos 2016 - vote the great hair ticket)
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To: dp0622
Lol.
10 posted on 04/14/2016 6:51:46 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: C19fan

Of course it does. After all, “it is only fair.”


11 posted on 04/14/2016 6:52:54 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: C19fan

Cmon! It is to foster the 4 wives proviso of Islam.


12 posted on 04/14/2016 6:53:11 AM PDT by Tuketu (The Dim Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. The Tea Party is the solvent)
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To: C19fan

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”- John Adams


13 posted on 04/14/2016 6:56:18 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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To: C19fan

here’s a different take

http://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2013/12/17/its-impossible-for-polygamy-to-be-constitutional


14 posted on 04/14/2016 7:10:15 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Trumpinator
It’s clearly Biblical.

No, it's not.

While there are several instances recorded in the Bible of polygamy, that is also true of every other sin. Nowhere is there approval given for polygamy.

15 posted on 04/14/2016 7:13:34 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: sphinx

agreed.


16 posted on 04/14/2016 7:22:55 AM PDT by wita
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To: C19fan

I predicted that legalizing SSM would open the flood gates for polygamy and my prediction seems to be coming true


17 posted on 04/14/2016 7:34:43 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Trumpinator

“It’s clearly Biblical”

For those with hardness of heart, they may go for it. They might want to watch out for that eternal afterlife thing.

For all those who get attacked for “judging”, the only response needs to be concern for the other’s soul.


18 posted on 04/14/2016 7:37:09 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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“For those with hardness of heart, they may go for it. They might want to watch out for that eternal afterlife thing.

For all those who get attacked for “judging”, the only response needs to be concern for the other’s soul.”

You are correct. I look at my life and I have no reason to judge even a murderer, other than of course to tell him that he needs to repent.

Even if someone falls for this polygamy/adultery then needed to be reminded that they can always choose to repent, desist and ask for forgiveness.


19 posted on 04/14/2016 7:56:45 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: ReaganGeneration2

Jeez - I did not advocate polygamy - I just noted the fact that polygamy is Biblical. I guess being that this fact can’t be refuted you got into a discussion on the nature of my soul in the afterlife or some such. Slavery, by the way, is also Biblical - so as you can see - something allowed for in the Bible can be banned in the modern world (as it should be).


20 posted on 04/14/2016 8:03:14 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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