epepke wrote:
This seems to me quite reasonable. But then again, I don't think that anybody is trying to make consensual monogamy illegal. Is there perhaps a feeling that polygamy will destroy monogamy, and is it similar to the feeling that same-sex marriage will destroy traditional marriage? I hope not.

I may be wrong here, but IIRC the severity of the anti-polygamy laws in the US was in part a response to the spread of Mormonism. Something the Mormons might have kept in mind during the Prop 8 campaign.

A man trying to live happily with 1 woman is already tough enough, why would you seek to further torture yourself?

roybatty wrote:

Topsy wrote:

xrayzed wrote:

roybatty wrote:

mmmcheezy wrote:as long as women could also have multiple husbands.

Yeah, sure.

But none of my wives could be married to other guys while married to me.

Why not?

Bump
Same question from me.

Doesn't feel right.

How would that work in law then if everybody had the legal right to multiple spouses - how would you stop your wives marrying other people as well as you?

melchior wrote:I'd love for my husband to have a few more wives. Some help with the childcare/cooking/cleaning/shopping/financial planning would be great, and I'd have people to chat to who understood about nice shoes, celeb gossip and why Robert Pattinson is a very nice young man.

I really couldn't cope with an extra husband though. The very thought fills me with fear

I'm sure that you'll be bummed when one of them kills your infant baby with a needle because she wants more attention from your husband. there will always be a fight and envy between multiple wives.

My god I want four husbands

roybatty wrote:

Topsy wrote:

xrayzed wrote:

roybatty wrote:

mmmcheezy wrote:as long as women could also have multiple husbands.

Yeah, sure.

But none of my wives could be married to other guys while married to me.

Why not?

Bump
Same question from me.

Doesn't feel right.

I'd divorce you in an instant if I were your wife.

Paul1 wrote:

roybatty wrote:

Topsy wrote:

xrayzed wrote:

roybatty wrote:

Yeah, sure.

But none of my wives could be married to other guys while married to me.

Why not?

Bump
Same question from me.

Doesn't feel right.

I'd divorce you in an instant if I were your wife.

You will never be anybody's wife

Aurlito wrote:I'm sure that you'll be bummed

Only if I'm very lucky.

The only objection I would have would be to the legal ramification of redefining the marriage (in a purely legal sense) from a 1:1 relationship to a 1:Many or Many:Many relationships. I wouldn't even call it a objection as much as something that would need to seriously be considered. The legal structure as of right now is built around a 1:1 relationship so how would that change if there were more than two people involved? How would you divide up property if some portion or all of the relationships dissolve? And who would be considered married to who? If a man has three wives are the wives equally married to one and other as they are the husband? Like I said it's not really an objection as much as something that would seriously have to be worked out to allow it, otherwise I have no problem. Gay marriage obviously doesn't have the same problem since as long as men and women are considered equals gender should have no bearing on the definition of marriage.

Aurlito wrote:

melchior wrote:I'd love for my husband to have a few more wives. Some help with the childcare/cooking/cleaning/shopping/financial planning would be great, and I'd have people to chat to who understood about nice shoes, celeb gossip and why Robert Pattinson is a very nice young man.

I really couldn't cope with an extra husband though. The very thought fills me with fear

I'm sure that you'll be bummed when one of them kills your infant baby with a needle because she wants more attention from your husband. there will always be a fight and envy between multiple wives.

The legal status of marriage has nothing to do with that type of behavior. There are tragic stories all to frequently where non-married sexual rivals kill each others children for that very purpose. Not to mention people who harm there own kids or other peoples for all types of insane reasons.

Oscar Wilde wrote:Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

John

Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

Yes, that confused me too. How does a civil commitment between two consenting adults equate to polygamy/polyandry.

But hell, if the 'gays' are marrying lets all get down*!!

* I suspect the OP might be a tad disappointed at the turn the thread has taken.

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

I think the the point that OP is trying to make is that why straight marriage is predicated on Christian rules while societies are explicitly secular enough to agree with marriage of two man. you know man humps man, that's not very divine is it? so neither should be marriage.

Aurlito wrote:you know man humps man, that's not very divine is it?

Depends entirely on who you ask.

Aurlito wrote:

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

I think the the point that OP is trying to make is that why straight marriage is predicated on Christian rules while societies are explicitly secular enough to agree with marriage of two man. you know man humps man, that's not very divine is it? so neither should be marriage.

Aurlito, Millefleur just left a lovely post for you on your homophobic thread, I'd like to say I agree, it applies here too

melchior wrote:

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

Yes, that confused me too. How does a civil commitment between two consenting adults equate to polygamy/polyandry.

But hell, if the 'gays' are marrying lets all get down*!!

* I suspect the OP might be a tad disappointed at the turn the thread has taken.

Oh, thats why I didn't get it, it was stupid

I think you're missing the whole point. take a look at my last post.

Aurlito wrote:

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

I think the the point that OP is trying to make is that why straight marriage is predicated on Christian rules while societies are explicitly secular enough to agree with marriage of two man. you know man humps man, that's not very divine is it? so neither should be marriage.

If your'e Catholic isn't man-humps-boy considered divine?

Aurlito wrote:

Paula1 wrote:Excuse me if I've missed it as I didn't read all the pages, but I don't get the connection between gay people marrying and polygamy

I think the the point that OP is trying to make is that why straight marriage is predicated on Christian rules while societies are explicitly secular enough to agree with marriage of two man. you know man humps man, that's not very divine is it? so neither should be marriage.

Man is made in the image of God. Woman is made from man. Technically two men would be more closer to God than a man and a woman.

(I'm just reading what it says on the side of the packet).