That didn’t take long. Salon magazine this morning is extolling the virtues of multi-spouse marriages.Posted on 08/06/2013 6:23:49 PM PDT by NYer
That didn’t take long. Salon magazine this morning is extolling the virtues of multi-spouse marriages.
Same-sex “marriage” proponents have always scoffed at the idea that redefining marriage would open the door for multi-spouse marriages. “My Two Husbands by Angi Becker Stevens, not only argues for “poly-amorous” unions but continues to scoff at the foolish “right wing” people who expected people to go there. Her article is novel only in that it also scoffs at the same-sex marriage definers who argued back that it wouldn’t.
Stevens has been married for 16 years to her husband, and has now taken a boy\friend who she says she plans to marry in a “non-legal” way.
“With every stride forward for marriage equality, I can count on turning on the TV to find conservative talking heads lumping families like mine in with pedophilia and bestiality. But liberals, for the most part, don’t treat us much better. They’re quick to insist that same-sex marriage would never, ever lead to such awful things”.
The author uses her 9-year-old daughter to deflect criticism. Her daughter dutifully and understandably repeats the adult arguments for same-sex marriage and applies them to the
“When my daughter talks about same-sex marriage or polyamorous relationships, she always looks perplexed and says, ‘I don’t understand why anyone is angry about people being in love and not hurting anyone.’ And I long for a world where everyone is able to see it so simply.
And later …
“Whenever I mention the claims that polyamory is bad for children, she rolls her eyes and says, ‘Oh no, kids having more people to love them! How horrible!’”
In the style of such articles, the author doesn’t make a case against monogamous marriage on principle, or for multi-spouse “marriage” on principle. Instead, it presents the facts of a particular situation as a fait accompli and challenges you to argue why it is not so. She felt repressed before and says “I am more fulfilled now and living in a way that feels authentic for me.”
Apply a simple thought experiment, and her argument starts to wither. Imagine the article being written by a man about bringing a “girlfriend” into his life and convincing his wife to tolerate it. Or imagine a Mormon talking about his repressed relationship with God instead of a political activist talking about her repressed human relationships. Salon wouldn’t have published those pieces.
But they did publish this one.
Because “love makes a marriage” now. And to say otherwise means you’re a hater.
For the record: I love these people. I wish them all the best in their personal lives. But I oppose multi-spouse marriage anyway.
Train wreck ahead, ping!
(no, not THAT way)
The end is truly neigh.........
Here we go....
I open my iPhone and it is the days of Noah.
Young kids are next......NAMBLA..... I can already taste the vomit in my mouth
i am gonna make millions with my barf bag vending machines
FIVE REASONS WHY BEER IS BETTER THAN A WOMAN:
(1) Hangovers go away
(2) You know you're the first person to crack open a beer.
(3) You don't have to wine and dine beer.
(4) A beer doesn't get jealous when you grab another beer.
(5) Beer labels come off without a fight.
“love makes a marriage” now. And to say otherwise means you’re a hater.
Well guess I’m a proud hater~~~marriage is a commitment of one man/one woman to raise other humans~~family~
“what’s love got to do with it”!;)
I’ve been telling my wife for years I want to marry our cat. For some reason she just laughs and doesn’t get jealous. But one day it’s going to happen.
“Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign powers over the Territories of the United States for their government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism—Polygamy, and Slavery.”- 1856 Republican party platform.
It took a civil war to end slavery. Is that what it will take to eliminate polygamy and homo marriage?
Why just be a gruesome twosome when you can be a grisly trio?
Seems the Camel has its nose in the tent ... body to follow.
Great. Now the Pig in a Spit Roast gets to redefine marriage as well.
Thanks so much, Justices Kennedy and Roberts!
If that is her picture, those two boys needed sex in a bad way.
They probably got it in a bad way too,
She IS a dog.
/johnny
One of them looks like her brother. Is he?
Larry Niven saw all this stuff coming. Only thing we don’t have yet is the aliens. And I’m not sure about that.
/johnny
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.