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Three’s a Crowd Ethics 01B It was bound to happen, but I always thought that Utah would be the place that legalized polygamy, not the Netherlands. But, as Belgian journalist Paul Belien has been pointing out, Belgium and the Netherlands are, at least so far as corruption and degeneracy are concerned, the West’s cutting-edge. His new book, A Throne in Brussels, is one of the most important political books of the past five years. Belien’s BENELUX nightmare is coming true on schedule. Belgium and the Netherlands, which were the first countries to give marriage rights to homosexuals, will soon be...

This is part of a series of stories examining the cultural, social and political currents swirling around marriage. In ancient Greece and Rome, marriage was primarily a way for the upper class to pass down family property. In early American Colonial times, a man and woman were considered married if they simply said they were. And it wasn't until about a century ago that the practice of marrying for romantic love became widespread. In the national debate over gay marriage, supporters say marriage is about love and commitment between two people, and that to deny gay men and lesbians the...

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