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Polygamous sect member convicted of sex assault in Texas
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| Dec. 15, 2009
Posted on 12/16/2009 9:09:37 AM PST by Colofornian
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To: SySnootles
"olygamy is problematic for several reasons. It’s understandable when a tragedy causes a shortage of men. But when you have an equal male-female ratio, polygamy wastes the genetic diversity of men. If one husband has five wives and fathers five children with each of them, you have 25 half-siblings who are unmarriageble to each other. If each of those five wives had children with her own husband, that would be 5 clans of genetically distinct individuals who could reproduce healthy offspring. How this not obvious to those people?"
It would be good if the Copenhagen meeting had considered the real problems of the world.
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12/19/2009 8:07:02 PM PST
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bukkdems
(When we end our dependence on oil, what will we do without plastic?)
To: bukkdems
The Republican party was founded on the principle of ending the “Two Great Barbarisms - Polygamy and Slavery”.
Here is a link to a wonderful ministry that helps people get out of polygamy.
http://www.shieldandrefuge.org/
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12/19/2009 8:34:36 PM PST
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reaganaut
(When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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