“If “love” is the prime criteria for state-recognized marriage...”
The prime criteria of state recognized marriage is whatever judges, pols, or 51% of the voting public think marriage should be at any one time, at least in the modern era. Pope Leo XIII warned about the dangers of the state’s involvement 130 years ago.
“In fact, I’d say polygamy has an even better argument going for it than homosexual “marriage,” because polygamy includes the natural male/female physical union.”
If you would have told someone in the 60’s that the state would eventually end up recognizing something called ‘gay marriage’ before polygamy, they would have thought you were completely wacked.
Freegards
If you had told people in the ‘80s that, the majority of them would’ve thought the very same thing.