Told you so. Now that "Gay marriage" has been created by New York and the floodgates have opened, polygamy will be the next "right."
The reality series family in Sister Wives is going to court to win the right to be a legal entity.
And, once you have divorced marriage from its one man/one woman moorings, who's to argue with the polygamists. They have a point. Several, I suppose :)
First, there is historical precedent for polygamy in multiple cultures. In fact, early Judaism blessed it. Mormon founder Joseph Smith practiced it. Islam has been filled with it since its founder Mohammed enjoyed multiple wives.
Second, polygamist marriages can bear children. And the relationships can be consummated. Openness to the gift of new life is central to the idea of marriage. And polygamists not only can create children >>>>> Read Entire Post
Published on July 14, 2011 14:47