For those in the United States that believe gay marriage should be the law, would you also favor legalizing polygamy? US residents can vote no matter how they feel regarding gay marriage.
Is it okay if I voice my opinion, since I'm in Australia?
'Coz personally, I'm for both gay marriage AND polygamy. I will practice neither, but what business is it of mine what they get up to? I don't care if it's seen as a sin in the hands of God, I say go for it (then again, I'm an atheist).
Agreed. If it's consensual, then what's the problem?
And the Bible doesn't really condemn homosexuality. When it is mentioned in the Bible as a sin, it is alongside other 'sins' such as keeping menstruating women in tents and banning the eating of shrimp.
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Post by Enigmatic on Sept 17, 2010 21:01:40 GMT -5
Aye. Just look at all the legal craziness that can result from two people getting married. Imagine three of four or more in a single union. I would not want to be the lawyer that has to handle those sort of cases.
Here's an examples of why I wouldn't support polygamy,
Tax auditor: I have each of you men claiming that this child is a dependent of your house hold, so who's is he?
The guys: Mine
It would be hard to keep track of who's kids whos and imagine the kids confusion as they have to figure out who're there brothers and sisters, or half brother sisters and everything in between.
I do not think that this situation is competely new. If women has no husband(s) there is a need to determine father anyway. I think it is better to distinguish wife-husband and father-child relations AMAP in case of polygamy
Here's an examples of why I wouldn't support polygamy,
Tax auditor: I have each of you men claiming that this child is a dependent of your house hold, so who's is he?
The guys: Mine
It would be hard to keep track of who's kids whos and imagine the kids confusion as they have to figure out who're there brothers and sisters, or half brother sisters and everything in between.
I live a whole 30 minutes away from Colorado City, AZ. It's the city Warren Jeffs lived in with the other Fundamentalist LDS members. Stereotyping them, I don't like them as a people. They're terribly reckless drivers with little to no regard for passing zones, speed limits, or the safety of others. Their form of polygamy is not one I support, although that form is a forced one.
My theory on polygamy has always been simple. Sure, make it legal, but single marriages in the US already have a 50/50 rate. Do you really think a guy's gonna be able to stand having more than one wife, or a wife more than one husband? I highly doubt it.
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I don't know much about polygamy and the legal definitions of it. If polygamy were legalized, is there any reason that an entire town of people couldn't be married? State? Country?