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No, Polygamy Isn’t the Next Gay Marriage: Group marriage is the past—not the future—of matrimony.
Politico ^ | 06/30/2015 | By JONATHAN RAUCH

Posted on 07/01/2015 7:24:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Did he just compare women to property or a commodity? Misogynist!


21 posted on 07/01/2015 7:34:54 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: SeekAndFind

He either doesn’t understand how legal precedent works, or he thinks we don’t.


22 posted on 07/01/2015 7:36:42 PM PDT by RichInOC (#BigLoveWins)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, well, every time two lesbians marry, two normal Chinese men are denied wives.


23 posted on 07/01/2015 7:36:44 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: RichInOC

I want to marry myself.

I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to. Its certainly more natural than gay marriage.


24 posted on 07/01/2015 7:38:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s open season, the leftist liers are out in droves. “Oh no Churches wont have to perform gay marriages, oh no they won’t lose tax exemption.

All liers, bull dyke Kagen has given them the green light. The same Justice whom lied about there being anything in the Constitution which allowed for gay marriage just a few years ago. Was there a Constitional amendment meantime?


25 posted on 07/01/2015 7:40:09 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: LukeL

His argument: By allowing high-status men to hoard wives at the expense of lower-status men, polygamy withdraws the opportunity to marry from people who now have it.

I don’t see how that is an argument against polygamy happening. There are many women who would marry for SECURITY and there are many high status men who would want to have more than one woman.

Is he suggesting that this won’t happen? Why not?

AS for “polygamy withdraws the opportunity to marry from people who now have it.”, again, how is that an argument against polygamy occurring?

Either a person will strive to become high status or he is out of luck. There are many out of luck people who don’t have the means to marry now. That does not : A) Stop them from marrying; B) Stop those who have the means from having mistresses.


26 posted on 07/01/2015 7:40:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: cripplecreek

We should all be able to...consummate marriage with...ourselves with a clear conscience.


27 posted on 07/01/2015 7:41:07 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: ClearCase_guy

...I think the author is dishonest about the matter...

I think the author is more than a little biased.


28 posted on 07/01/2015 7:41:37 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: SeekAndFind
By allowing high-status men to hoard wives at the expense of lower-status men, polygamy withdraws the opportunity to marry from people who now have it; same-sex marriage, by contrast, extends the opportunity to marry to people who now lack it.

By that logic, you should be able to marry your sheep, your goat, your camel, your sex robot, your dildo, or your sister. The guy is off his meds. If he really believed this, he'd rail against China's one child policy which results in almost no opportunity for men to marry.

29 posted on 07/01/2015 7:43:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: SeekAndFind
He sure seems happy about teh ghey marriage.


30 posted on 07/01/2015 7:44:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SeekAndFind

Now did he tell the Muslims that “group marriage is in the past” or whatever he said?


31 posted on 07/01/2015 7:46:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SeekAndFind

Ooops, wrong again, Politico!

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man said Wednesday that he was inspired by last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage to apply for a marriage license so that he can legally wed his second wife.

Nathan Collier and his wives Victoria and Christine applied at the Yellowstone County Courthouse in Billings on Tuesday in an attempt to legitimize their polygamous marriage. Montana, like all 50 states, outlaws bigamy — holding multiple marriage licenses — but Collier said he plans to sue if the application is denied.


32 posted on 07/01/2015 7:49:05 PM PDT by IwaCornDogs ("There Will Be Bamboozeling" ~ Nobama 08')
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To: IwaCornDogs

It’s really like Three Card Monte —

“Watch the red card ... the red card ... keep your eye on it ... don’t look at Montana ... watch the red card ...”


33 posted on 07/01/2015 7:50:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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To: IwaCornDogs

Link

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6f9f9ca1fe344f7b9b25cab54f8e4125/polygamous-montana-trio-applies-wedding-license#overlay-context=article/3d7172d2fde0446f9d0cde8d912b8a1a/congregants-protesters-gather-indiana-church-cannabis


34 posted on 07/01/2015 7:50:41 PM PDT by IwaCornDogs ("There Will Be Bamboozeling" ~ Nobama 08')
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To: SeekAndFind

It will be some unelected federal judge who will approve polygamy using tortured legal reasoning and the SCOTUS will uphold it 5-4. Federal judges will also uphold persecution of Christian churches that do not support gay marriage


35 posted on 07/01/2015 7:51:51 PM PDT by The Great RJ (“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.” Margaret Thatcher)
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To: SeekAndFind
Who is this guy to judge who others can love? Is he intolerant of others who are not like him? What about diversity? Inclusiveness? Equality?

Who is this man to judge the polygamists? If two of the same sex can marry, my gosh can't more than two of the opposite sex marry? Polygamy is found everywhere in nature, but homosexuality is an abomination to nature! (Even bacteria doesn't engage in it!)
If two homos can marry, polygamy should be an easy one! It shouldn't even be questioned.

While we're at it, why not marry anyone or anything? What difference does it make now?

36 posted on 07/01/2015 7:52:11 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: SeekAndFind

What a moron.


37 posted on 07/01/2015 7:55:04 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SeekAndFind

Wouldn’t this mean more men to marry one another? Seems to me he’d be all for it.


38 posted on 07/01/2015 7:56:04 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: SeekAndFind

The first polygamy challenge is starting in Montana right now. The likely plaintiff was very clear why he and his two wives were doing it: the Supreme Court opinion.


39 posted on 07/01/2015 7:56:58 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t think I ever met a homosexual that didn’t have the exact same right to marriage I have.


40 posted on 07/01/2015 7:59:24 PM PDT by Yogafist
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