Posted on 05/10/2006 10:35:10 PM PDT by albrock
This is the perfect situation for a nut like Warren Jeffs to take advantage of. In other words, he can create a sect because those people have been forbad to follow their harmless religious believes by the government and need someone that can protect them from the government's tyranny.
Naw, the homo-perve redefinition of marriage can't possibly be a slippery slope.
Nope.
Never Happen.
(/sarc)
A change in the definition of marriage is not needed (I'm the first to oppose it), just a decriminalization of polygamy would be sufficient.
Even a small family is not that easy to support. How much more so a polygamous family - why, even the moslems permit four wifes only to those capable of affording such an establishment.
How in the world did THIS guy get more than one wife?
"just a decriminalization of polygamy would be sufficient."
yeah right. Then you'll want to marry your siblings, aunts and uncles, etc.
Are you trying to give a new meaning to "relativism"?
Ok, maybe 40 years later, when you have settled a family with 4 wives and 35 children.......
Can you tell me who is really supporting these large families??? Its not easy to support 6 children and give them what they need let alone 35. So tell me how it is done and done legally please.
We haven't seen any pictures of the wives, yet.
Could be a coven of Helen Thomases.
well, if you look around the houses of Colorado City, you'll see HUGE houses, some of em nicer than the others, but they don't seem to have financial trouble. So if they can afford it, hey, why should anyone forbid em to have such a big family?
Polygamy is certainly not the same as incest. And if both the man and the women want to live such a lifestyle, why the hell should they go to jail for that? They're not harming anyone, so they should be free to practice polygamy.
After all, America is all about personal freedom, or at least it was when our forefathers wrote the Constitution.
LOL!!
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But will they be able to afford multiple divorse settlements? And with the increasing number of participants, complexity of the case [and lawyers' fees] rise exponentially.
divorse=divorce.
You do know that many of these families are on welfare dont you? So that means everyone else pays for that guy to have his 35 kids and 4 wives. Legally you can be married once so the rest are just spiritual wives. They can collect the welfare and keep costing everyone else. So no I dont think its ok. You produce those kids then you pay for them. Plain and simple. Much of your money goes to the church and in Colorado City the church owns most of those houses. How then do you support your 35 children if much of what you make goes to the church? Do you really think those wives and children are all going to get along? I think its more like a huge headaqche 24/7. Doesnt seem worth it to me.
If those "single" mothers collecting welfare had to declare their husbands and inform social services that they were sharing a shelter with the father, their checks might be smaller if they were still elligible at all.
That actually makes the case FOR legalized polygamy.
I doubt they would have to say they were sharing the house. He's got his legal wife & family and residence. But the domestic violence crime might go up. I still say its a headache. I couldnt do it for sure. The sister-wives and I would not get along . Having time the time to be a parent to all those children is another reason. How does one be a full time father to that many children? Do they really even get to know the children?
First off I have now watched that cnn special now twice tonight. I am pretty aghast at whats going on here.
First question is this. How come where I live a child just has to say boo and Child welfare is all over parents. But we have this wacko situation going on out there all over the west and the State says it can't do nothing. I am pretty sure there some stuff with underage kids going on too all under the guise of religion.
Also, the report is quite clear that there is a very anti federal govt feeling there. THey are paying no taxes and all the kids are on welfare and food stamps.
If polgamy is illegal why is not being prosecuted. If polagamy is allowed then what is the justification for saying Homosexuals cannot have marriage then.
Is there a conspiracy of silence among Politicians on the Federal and State level in some these states just to ignore this problem. It seems to have some social problems in that marriages are breaking up over this when Pologamist Mormons are going after non polygamist mens wives. This is like a whole different world. How many other villages and hamelets are there like this out there in the West.
"Polygamy is certainly not the same as incest."
Nor is it the same as "marriage". The slippery slope mentioned earlier.
"And if both the man and the women want to live such a lifestyle"
This new law you are proposing wouldn't concern a woman and 4 or 5 husbands then? (more earning power you know?)
"After all, America is all about personal freedom, or at least it was when our forefathers wrote the Constitution"
Marriage is most importantly a religious institution, and therefore it should never be relegated to a strictly civil character. God created and established the marriage institution and therefore His intent and purposes should be followed by both religious and civil rulers.
How many of our forefathers, those who were married, had one wife each.
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