3 Utahns try to open door for polygamy (more grease on the slippery slope)

The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 11/27/05 | By Pamela Manson

[freedomlover]

I heard that men talk about 1000 words/day whereas women use 4000/day. Anyone wanting more then one wife gets what they ask for.

Can you imagine coming home and having three wives saying "Honey, we need to TALK".

[yldstrk]

Another reason we need a marriage defined as between one man and one woman...

[freedomlover]

More proof that paragraphs are our friends.

[Victoria Delsoul]

The three - who are all more than 45 years old and say polygamous marriage is a requirement for their exaltation and eternal salvation -

The three, meaning... a husband, wife and wife. Is there a wife, husband and husband, too? Yikes, this whole thing is so perverted.

[Mr. Blonde]

And as Rodney Carrington says, "We need to talk doesn't mean we need to talk, it means you need to sit and listen while I tell you all the ways you've been up."

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the post. My eyes are grateful.

[supercat]

Polygyny has more historical precedent than 'gay marriage'.

[Army Air Corps]

See my post #6.

[pierrem15]

For the love of God, one wife is enough!

More seriously, there's a Wisconsin brother and sister convicted of incest who are appealing, arguing that Lawrence invalidates such laws. I believe the first level appeal was rejected, but the judge sure had to do some fancy legal wrangling to avoid that conclusion.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Double yikes, but you got a point.

[Army Air Corps]

"Double yikes, but you got a point."

Read post #29. Ick!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Ick is right. Man oh man!

[Army Air Corps]

"More seriously, there's a Wisconsin brother and sister convicted of incest who are appealing, arguing that Lawrence invalidates such laws."

I think that I'm gonna vomit...

[Frank_2001]

You better have a LOT of money first!;))

[tkathy]

Polygamy usually consists of predatory older men preying on young and vulnerable while hiding behind religion.

[tom h]

"does this mean that in Utah, a woman can have 3 husbands?"

This is an interesting concept. By your proposal, I need to act like a husband only two days a week (conjugal rights, helping out in the kitchen, reading to the kids, putting down the toilet seat). And, on the other five days I can run around like a single guy -- meaning, staying out until closing time with buddies, playing golf all weekend, flirting with other girls, etc.

Sign me up! Sounds like the perfect marriage!

[just kidding, dear, I really didn't mean iiiiit ... ouch! ouch! Don't you know a joke when you see one? ouch!]

[alancarp]

The only way states are gonna get out of this legal straightjacket that Lawrence created is to start arguing -- and codifying into law -- a "compelling interest" argument that the state has in protecting, preserving, and institutionalizing marriage as between one man and one woman.

Anything else becomes a religious argument, and though I personally stand behind that 100% (uh, except in the Mormon context), it obviously won't stand in courts anymore.

[poindexter]

You are very correct in stating that once one widens the definition of marriage, the freaks will pop-up in droves.

Two widowed sisters might marry for the benefits. No sex, just married.

[wigswest]

LOL, the flowers! You forgot the FLOWERS!!!

oh yeah, and the dancing...

oh, and could one of you guys pick me up a sixpack of chocolate on the way home??

;) ;)