Polygamy

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/8/06 at 10:11pm

Is polygamy legal?

Can attitudes toward polygamy be equated with attitudes toward gay marriage?

Can we discriminate or deny civil rights to a group of people based on religious beliefs.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 6/8/06 at 11:06pm

No.

No.

Yes.

[jsrocks]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 12:46am

A homosexual is just someone who is in love with another person of the same sex.

A polygamist is someone who can't keep their **** in their pants so they have to have more than one "wife" to screw, oh I mean love.

Updated On: 6/9/06 at 12:46 AM

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:06am

As the head of the Juniper Creek compound and the Prophet, I must say that polygamy is A-OKAY!!!!!!!!

[respeck]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 2:22am

I wish I was a polygamist. They all seem to have such fun. And have you seen those CLOTHES!? Loverly.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 2:28am

I do not like polygamy
Or even moderate bygamy
I realize that in your eyes
That clearly makes a prig o' me

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 2:33am

I would like to marry a very very very rich man who already has two smokin' hot wives who don't feel like they get enough attention from our husband.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 9:01am

JG, I'm in!!

[Glebb]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 9:25am

LOL! And bravo (again) StageManager2!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 9:49am

chita, if this is a serious question......one main difference is many polygamists keep their wives and families under lock and key, virtually as slaves...(no to be confused with the small segment of society who enter into a master-slave relationship with mutual consent).
Many polygamists throughout history have married or "diddled" their own children.

If my religious believe was to bite the heads off of live chickens and spit them at children, should that be legal just because it's a religious belief? Of course not.
So I'll answer no, no, no......

but I could care less how many wives someone has as long Aas I do not have to pay taxes to support them.

[robbiej]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 10:10am

I guess the question for me is, is polygamy limited to what we know of it re: fundamental Mormonism (subjagation of women, etc.), or can it simply mean any type of plural relationship, whether it's between a man and several women, a woman and several men, or several men and several women.

If it's the latter, I don't really have a problem with people choosing to live in a plural relationship that's based on mutual respect in which all parties are at least deemed equal. I actually know a gay couple that expanded their relationship to include someone else. I wouldn't make that choice (my hands are already full), but who am I to say someone else can't.

I think, however, there is a strong legal reasoning for keeping relationships between two people. Say I had three spouses. And I end up on life support and can't make any decisions about my medical treatment. There could be a nasty and prolonged fight between the spouses who may disagree on treatment. And say I died without a will. How does one split up an estate amongst several spouses?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 11:17am

elphaba-
I was not clear with "Can we discriminate or deny civil rights to a group of people based on religious beliefs."

What I meant was can you, on the basis of religious teachings, discriminate against certain groups.

example: the bible says adultery is a sin. can we create a civil law to punish spouses who cheat?
Updated On: 6/9/06 at 11:17 AM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 12:06pm

actually to me it wasn't I was unsure if it was satire.

And as polygamy is outlawed by the Morman church, can it be called a religious belief?

I mean they used to sacrifice people to the Gods in other religions, if I start doing that can I claim it's ok due to religious beliefs?

You do bring up a good point, as there are many "more than two partner" male relationships.

If one day we are allowed to marry, think of the controversy with that..........only two could marry, would the third be pissed off?

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:02pm

This is why law should not be based on religious beliefs. It should be based on inherent civil rights and consent issues. In this context, there is no valid argument against gay marriage. There is no valid argument against polyamory (a term I will use to counter polygamy's "slave" connotation, which I feel would be wrong).

When people try to compare homosexuality with bestiality and pedophilia, this is the simple answer. The latter two betray consent and civil rights. No need to argue issues of decency or morality.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:20pm

I'm threadjacking here but jrby just made me think of something. Why is prostitution illegal? Yes, traditionally prostitution has exploited women but what if a woman/man wants to sell their body? Why is that illegal? She/He is an adult and so is the potential client. It's her/his body.

[DBillyP]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:26pm

Or marijuana usage?

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:37pm

I agree that prostitution and marijuana should be legal. It's never going to stop. Why not regulate it? Tax it? Reduce crime and prison issues? Make both safer?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:38pm

Exactly. Whay are alcohol and tobacco legal, while marijuana isn't?

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 1:41pm

Misconceptions. For some reason the powers at be would rather it not be legal. Look at the BS FDA ruling on medicinal marijuana!

It's thanks to Nancy Reagan era "Just Say No" and BS "morality" that will keep both of these issues illegal for some time. The public has been brainwashed on the matter.

[jarretSF]

Posted: 6/9/06 at 4:14pm

I have to agree. I'm not a marijuana user, but I have tried it, just doesen't appeal to me. But if I have the right to go to Martunis after work today and get loaded on double martinis while listening to a piano player sing showtunes (Wow I'm really gay, someone else should have the right to light up and smoke out. As long as it doesen't infringe on my rights to clean air, I don't care.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 2:48am

Pornography is a type of prostitution -- men and women getting paid for having sex.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 2:55am

I guess the law says that pornography is protected speech...

[tz0o]

Posted: 6/10/06 at 2:24pm

This thread's making me feel bad about some of my earlier comments about homosexual marriage.