Polygamists fight to decriminalize bigamy

The Washington Post ^ | Nov 21, 2006 | John Pomfret

[Brilliant]

Most of these guys are losers anyway. Doubt they paid a dime in taxes since they were born.

[AdamSelene235]

Legalize It, Mon!!!

[Texas_shutterbug]

And could couples opt out their marriage licenses that they would NOT be open to polygamy, or could any husband just spring a new wife on you one day? Do both partners have to consent? Oh, gee, what a mess.

Let's face it. My husband could come home and tell me he wants a divorce. Or he might even come home and tell me he has a mistress. Or that he has a mistress and wants a divorce.

BUT - at least - I can go to bed at night knowing that he won't come home with a second wife! (Not that I'm anticipating any of the above to happen...)

[Texas_shutterbug]

"Why would you deny right of another woman to marry a man, just because one already did it?"

If it were my husband, you're darn right I would deny her "that right!"

[Continental Soldier]

LOL

[AdamSelene235]

Of course we knew this was coming; the liberals did this with their adoption of moral relativism.

I blame the Old Testament, myself.

[Continental Soldier]

What about women? Can they have more than one husband? Seems fair, no?

[ARE SOLE]

Muslims can take up to 4 wives. This will help with Sharia Law where applicable.

This is very important, who wants these haters breeding with 4 women and counting on welfare from us infidels to support a growing population that hates us? France anyone?

Regards.

[Savage Beast]

Let's hear it for the bestialitists!

[ApplegateRanch]

In all of this, all I ever see is multiple wives mentioned.

I have seen one (1) plural "marriage" of a woman with three "husbands", but that was 1960s Berzerkely.

It is almost always seems to be about having a steady supply of younger, warmer pockets to keep "junior" warm in, on an otherwise cold, headachy night.

[outofsalt]

One woman complicates your life so much, why would anyone want more then one?

[nomorelurker]

Well, I was going to try polygamy but so far I've only found one woman who would marry me.

[Fido969]

That's very big of you.

[LexBaird]

What do you think those first wives feel like when they see their husband taking his next wife.

Do you feel it materially different from this when a divorce happens in between?

Face it, America. We already have legal polygamy. The only catch is it has to occur serially and not concurrently.

[Right_in_Virginia]

In her battle to legalize polygamy, the only thing Valerie hasn't revealed is her last name

I bet she hasn't revealed her affiliation with the Dimm party, either.

Guess TWP is picking up signs that Romney could be a formidable candidate.

[taxcontrol]

Surely you can come up with a better argument against polygamy than that. The current legal structure can be easily modified to handle polygamy.

[bukkdems]

The problem with poligamy is that after 3 generations, you have a 50% chance of marrying a cousin. Poligamy shuts some many men out of the gene pool: they are driven out of the community, and can lead to severe genetic problems in a population. (Hence, the Mormons) This is called "Founder's Syndrome", where a recessive genenetic problem gets spread throughout a community.

[taxcontrol]

You have not been exposed to very many polygamists have you. Most wives would not trade their life for anything in the world.

[Pharmboy]

Hmmm...this would be newsworthy if they wanted to criminalize bigamy rather than decriminalize it.

[sodpoodle]

Face it, America. We already have legal polygamy. The only catch is it has to occur serially and not concurrently.
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and that's a good thing

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Taylor