Posted on 12/04/2014 8:40:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The biggest thing I see holding legalized polygamy back - at least for a while - will be things like tax codes and inheritance laws. I can see endless legal battles and constitutional questions raised over which wife’s (or husband’s) children get survivor benefits, over figuring income for tax rates (can one wife file jointly, while the other separate?) and so on.
I do see it as a very real possibility though, in terms of a push for it being socially acceptable. If I were a polygamist (and I am not), I would argue that if we can accept the idea of two men or two women being married, why not a man and two women?
Of course, gay activist types pooh-pooh such notions, arguing they are separate legal issues. There may be some truth in that, but it is also true that judicial decisions have consequences beyond the courtroom. One you begin to redefine something that has been unchanging and as clearly defined as marriage, it loses that air of immutability and permanence. The door is opened to any group seeking to expand the definition to include their agenda.
You can do that now, the thing is that people want their marriage to be legal, just knowing it yourself doesn’t help much, for instance being in the military with a wife and kids, yet not legally married.
You bet!!
If there is a constitutional right to same sex marriage (which I dispute), then I don’t see how you can argue there is no constitutional right to polygamy.
In certain times and places (notably in ancient times) when there was a shortage of men--usually due to war--polygamy was allowed by God, simply as a practical necessity. A woman alone was then either a prostitute, a beggar...or dead. So, like slavery (where POW's became dead....OR slaves) polygamy was allowed, though never ideal--and never God's original plan.
Homosexual relationships though, by biblical morality, were NEVER allowed, period. They were always seen as a sign of the most depraved and corrupt people--hence our term "sodomy."
According to Dr. Gagnon, Old Testament scripture treats homosexual acts--on about the same level as incest--which in ancient Israel demanded the death penalty. Polygamy on the other hand--while warned about (Kings for example were warned about having many wives...and making treaties through marriages (a very common practice)), was allowed...
It took Jesus teaching--bringing back marriage to Adam and Eve--and thus limiting causes for divorce--which reminded God's people of the original design--of one man and one woman-- (thus by omission--condemning homosexual relationships....) so that the Christian church first banned polygamy for Church leaders and very soon after made polygamy unacceptable for all Christians.
homosexual “marriage”
plus
lowering the age of consent as far as possible
plus
polygamy
and what do you get?
Islamic Sharia Law.
(That’s the obvious goal, anyway...preparing USA for IslamoNazi rule)
or else, its all an amazing coincidence....
You may have to end up doing both if you want both a) A Christian Ceremony b) Official recognition. It is the way they do it in Singapore and some other countries.
When the day comes (it’ll happen by 2016, I think)....that in New Hampshire....a 45-year old lesbian will apply to marry a local 13-year old girl, with her mother’s consent (this is the legal deal that exists there)...the news media will sit there and finally start to ask some questions.
I do agree....polygamy is the next step and ought to be legalized somewhere within five years. There’s nothing logical anymore to prevent it.
Sure, some may already do that here, the point is that people can do whatever they want in private and always could, but most people want their marriage to be legal.
Gay’s would love nothing more than to see traditional marriage ridiculed and destroyed even more than what they have already done. The question to ask gays is why not normalize pedophilia. That is how they maintain, and grow their numbers.
How about unicorn marriage - this group can marry themselves every time they stick their heads up their own A$$es.
I want to marry my dog (not for the reason you maybe thinking). I would be able to get another tax credit, use ObamaCare for the Vet bills and take out life insurance. After all dogs don't live that long.
I also want to marry my sons, no estate taxes!
See how fun changing everything can be......
I imagine there are some fringe Mormons asking the same question, along with a substantial fraction of Muslims in our country. I expect polygamy to be the law of the land in my lifetime.
How would non-religious people marry using your model? Would it just be unavailable to them?
Polygamy has much more going for it than homosexual marriage - it is natural, it is scriptural, and in certain societies such as ours, where more women want husbands than men want wives, it is logical.
But more to the point: Every single legal argument, every court decision, which has enabled same-sex couples to marry applies with MUCH greater force to legal polygamy.
If the Supreme Court hears the right case, it will be legal, and very soon.
Wait until NAMBLA forces the lowering of consent. Then you will see homosexuals having group marriages with 6 year old boys.
This is what the homosexuals want more than anything.
I did at first. Sorry ‘bout that. Good post, I must say.
Jesus was pretty clear on that. So once a “town” rejects the Gospel, they basically are given over to depraved minds, in for a penny, in for a pound.
” I am only talking about arrangements where all the parties to it are knowledgeable, free adults and where there is no abuse or coercion.”
Who are you to say abuse and coercion are wrong? What about people who are coercionexuals? Who are you to stand on the courthouse steps and deny them their right to marry?
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