How Many Wives Is Too Many? (Polygamy Is Biblical, Gays! Now Sit Down And Shut Up!)

Townhall.com ^ | 7/30/2008 | John Stossel

[JRochelle]

Bravo!

Well put!

I never fail to get angry over the continuous dolts who claim that God sanctioned the perversion that is polygamy.

[JRochelle]

Good Morning Alice!

I am up way too early.

[Caipirabob]

Once, in front of boys and girls gathered in the meeting hall, Warren grabbed Annette's long braided hair, twisting it slowly around his hand, tightening his grip until she dropped to the floor, her face turning crimson and contorting in pain.

Monster...

You don't abuse a gift like a sweet and loving woman. Period.

[JudgemAll]

I dunno. In Massachussets having gay sex outside marriage is not considered adultery. So there obviously is more than bias and hypocrisy in this. Domestic unity and peace is against all gay agendas of freely raping society by making people apologize for being repulsed by such sexual predators, calling any retaliation a hate crime.

[NYpeanut]

It’s not a free country to brainwashed little girls who are raised within the confines of a cult to be handed to wrinkled pervs.

[Tax-chick]

It's peculiar to see John Stossel defending polygamy so fervently, when, as practiced, it's overwhelmingly a massive swindle of the taxpayers. So much for small-government conservativism, huh? And even Reason magazine noted that, in all societies over all time period, the main losers are the men who can't get wives and are stuck with each other (or camels).

I think this is one of those situations like price controls or the minimum wage: some people desperately, viscerally want it to be a good idea, but the overwhelming empirical evidence shows that the practice is harmful for all but a very few.

Frankly, between this and the recent column supporting public sex and nudity, I'm starting to wonder if he's gone off the deep end ...

[TexasCajun]

Who in their right mind would want more than one wife?

One is plenty, thank you.

[Flo Nightengale]

Thank you! I’ve never figured out what was so difficult about understanding “and the two shall become one.” Not the three, not the four.....

[tbpiper]

There's biblical sanction for polygamy.

I don't think so, can you clarify that a bit?

[Gondring]

It's peculiar to see John Stossel defending polygamy so fervently, when, as practiced, it's overwhelmingly a massive swindle of the taxpayers.

What do you mean?

[Enosh]

“There’s biblical sanction for polygamy.”

Please provide Scriptural references for this claim.

I can think of many examples where this situation is noted and several others where it is condemned, but never ‘sanctioned.’

And no, neither Michal or Abigail were a ‘reward.’

[Flo Nightengale]

Stossel is a lightweight. For a more well-reasoned, in-depth look at the arguments against legalizing polygamy, see Polygamy vs. Democracy, by Stanley Kurtz.

From his column:

Marriage, as its ultramodern critics would like to say, is indeed about choosing one's partner, and about freedom in a society that values freedom. But that's not the only thing it is about. As the Supreme Court justices who unanimously decided Reynolds in 1878 understood, marriage is also about sustaining the conditions in which freedom can thrive. Polygamy in all its forms is a recipe for social structures that inhibit and ultimately undermine social freedom and democracy. A hard-won lesson of Western history is that genuine democratic self-rule begins at the hearth of the monogamous family.

[seemoAR]

Just imagine, each new wife brings a new mother-in-law. ;0)

[bert]

No, the problem is gay polygamy. There would be benefits for a marriage involving several gay men.

The savings on buying AIDS medicine in bulk alone might make it economical.

[Tax-chick]

Thanks. I’ll look at that article in a bit - have to run before it gets to hot :-).

[ShadowAce]

There's biblical sanction for polygamy.

No, there is not.

[Cacique]

btt

[Tax-chick]

I mean that men who can, by their own efforts, financially support several wives and dozens of children are few and far between. Since the states do not recognize plural marriage, the soi-disant wives are legally unmarried mothers and eligible for welfare and a host of other taxpayer-supplied benefits. The teenage boys driven in large numbers from polygamous sects are also burdens on the state.

In many ways, the financial situation of “polygamous families” parallels that of the serial hookups and multiple baby-daddies of the inner-city poor. Both “lifestyles” are made possible by government handouts.

[P.O.E.]

There is NONE for same sex marriage

What about "Be fruitful, and multiply"

"Just kidding!" he yelled, running serpentine to avoid lightning bolts

[wolfcreek]

Something is wrong on your end. I get both links fine.