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Portland’s polygamy law adds to growing status
Oregon Catalyst ^ | March 2, 2026 | Jason Williams

Posted on 03/03/2026 5:12:07 AM PST by Twotone

A Portland City Council anti-discrimination proposal would redefine families as any consensual relationship, even those with multiple partners, non-monogamous lovers, multigenerational households and stepfamilies. The measure would prohibit discrimination of such families by landlords, employers, city government and businesses. Portland is set to join Somerville, Mass., Berkeley, and Oakland as cities recognizing polyamorous relationships.

This comes at the same time as Oregon couples were featured on a polygamy TV reality show called PolyFamily. It was also featured nationally as a way to save on daycare expenses.

This is not helpful for Portland’s decline.

• Making Portland an icon for polygamy while at the same time there is a population exodus of young families is a bad recipe. Young families are leading the demographic of people leaving Portland because Portland is not family friendly.

• Children are more at risk of abuse and societal harms in a polygamous arrangement according to the National Institute of Health.

• Oregon has a birth crisis as more people are dying than were born in Oregon.

• “Non-monogamous” households, where different partners come in and out of the relationship, are unfit for children.

As said, Portland is in decline on the most important social metric — families. They should really refocus their attention on restoring the family foundation of the city.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; insane; liberaltruth; oregon; polygamy

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1 posted on 03/03/2026 5:12:07 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Just another avenue to remove more protections for women and make them mor oppressed for real.


2 posted on 03/03/2026 5:13:01 AM PST by Skwor
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To: conservative_cyclist; ten18; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; ...
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3 posted on 03/03/2026 5:13:44 AM PST by Twotone (Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle.)
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To: Twotone

What the hell is in the water out there?


4 posted on 03/03/2026 5:22:10 AM PST by spincaster (i)
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To: Twotone

Disgusting.


5 posted on 03/03/2026 5:23:05 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Twotone
• Children are more at risk of abuse and societal harms in a polygamous arrangement according to the National Institute of Health.

Yet, LGBTQXYZ and Trans are perfectly ok.

6 posted on 03/03/2026 5:24:11 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Twotone

I know of a “thruple” in Maine. The man and one of the women are married in a full legal sense. Neither one works. They have a foster child from the state, and are in the process of adopting a young child. They live in a home which is owned by the other woman. She works. She supports everyone. She has no legal claim on anything (except the house). They went through a church service which declared them a thruple.

When it all falls apart (and it will), the man and his wife will get the children and — who knows? — they may take half of the house. Someone is going to get totally screwed, and I know who.

From a legal standpoint, the “poly” stuff just introduced all kinds of complexity and cannot lead to anything good.


7 posted on 03/03/2026 5:32:30 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Twotone
In popular culture, "The Big One" is used to refer to a future catastrophic earthquake wiping out California.

In truth, the real "Big One" is set to wipe out the Pacific Northwest. The subsequent tsunamis will wash away the
corpses, the former bodies of hell bound souls themselves, souls which will tumble into the eternal fire of Gehenna.

8 posted on 03/03/2026 5:34:12 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Twotone

But....but....but.....we were assured after the Massachusetts supreme court invented gay “marriage” out of thin air that it would NEVER lead to polygamy. ( or the redefinition of “male” or “female” , for that matter.)


9 posted on 03/03/2026 5:39:13 AM PST by massmike (I'm only here to observe these earthlings.)
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To: Twotone

So... pimps and prostitutes are now protected.


10 posted on 03/03/2026 5:41:07 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Twotone

This is great news for Fundamentalist Mormons and Muzzies.


11 posted on 03/03/2026 5:54:45 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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This is great news for Fundamentalist Mormons and Muzzies.

And traditional Hinduists.

Real feminists would be fussing up a storm.

12 posted on 03/03/2026 6:01:25 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yes and they didn’t even have to unionize.


13 posted on 03/03/2026 6:05:47 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Skwor

On a related note, from the UK...

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10

The biggest threat to the safety of women in our country is male mass immigration from misogynistic third world countries, cultures and societies.

Our immigration system must reflect this, closing off entire visa routes from those nations.

Restore Britain would discriminate.

6:13 AM · Mar 3, 2026 86K Views

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2028790752986239263


14 posted on 03/03/2026 6:09:54 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Twotone

Brigham Young approves.


15 posted on 03/03/2026 6:11:40 AM PST by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: T.B. Yoits

“So... pimps and prostitutes are now protected.”

that, and unlimited illegal aliens can declare themselves to be a “married” family and cram a gazillion of them into single bedroom apartments and landlords can do nothing about it ...


16 posted on 03/03/2026 6:18:38 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: spincaster

Portland is cray cray


17 posted on 03/03/2026 6:19:55 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: Twotone

Can you get around a “no pets” rule by printing your own marriage license to your cats?


18 posted on 03/03/2026 6:21:55 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Dept. of Education should teach about Nietzsche: DOGE didn't kill it and now it's stronger than ever)
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To: Twotone
Muslims? Whole polygamous tribes on welfare?

It seems to work that way in Europe.

Time to reincorporate Portland OR into the USA, 1865 style?

19 posted on 03/03/2026 6:33:44 AM PST by Salman
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To: Twotone
Saw a video this morning of some kid in a homeless camp, his mom passed out in a tent and he's eating charcoal off a burnt tree stump.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
20 posted on 03/03/2026 6:35:49 AM PST by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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