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 ...
Thanks for getting it.
P.S. I wasn’t aiming that comment or question at you. I was just ‘bouncing’ off your post.
Now sluts, men and women, want a ‘name’ and whine.
I’d like to be married to 6 women. One for everyday of the week. Sunday is a day of rest....
Why not? It’s certainly has more historical validity then “ same sex marriage”. Once you blow up the definition of marriage, all bets are off...
Actually what we have can be described as “ serial polygamy “ now.
How many people have a single monogamous partner for life?
If one man has three wives, and one or all of the wives decide they want more than the one husband, and one of the new husbands is bi, and decides he wants some fags, and some of the fags decide they want to be married to fairies, are all of the partners required to consummate all of the marriages, even if one of the spouses marries a donkey?
Polygamy is not the same as Polyamorous
Not even close.
RE: Why must they be in everybody’s face? Fine if they want to have whatever ceremony but can’t they keep it private?
It is for them, a CAUSE. They want NORMALIZATION and ACCEPTANCE.
By GOVERNMENT COERCION if necessary.
In 2010, Carl Paladino was running against Andrew Cuomo for the governorship of New York State.
The former was a fiscal and social conservative.
Paladino criticized Cuomo for bringing his young, underage daughters to the NYC Gay Pride parade where many of them they did their thing IN PUBLIC.
Guess who the press made out to be the bad, intolerant, bigoted guy?
If a man has four wives, is it likely he would HAVE any money at his death?
Once you scrapped the traditional definition of marriage, you knew this was coming.
Doesn’t Jimmy Buffet have a song for this?
Why Don't We Get Drunk And S----?
“How many people have a single monogamous partner for life?”
Me and most of my friends, but I’m 56 and a Baptist...
Except for relatively rare occasions, they always have a reason to be mad at you.
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