That is not polygamy
Posted By: pxmt on 2009-05-05
In Reply to: Polygamy isn't just religious beliefs - sbMT
That's bigamy...sort of. Bigamy is the act of entering into a marriage with 1 person while still married to another. Polygamy is most certainly a component of the Mormon faith, even though many of them have discarded it. As for group sex, that has nothing to do with any of the above OR gay marriage. Still 150% irrelevant. Gay marriage is about 2 people who love each other wanting to be married. Period. That's all there is to it. We don't care any more about multiple marriages than we care who you marry. Irrelevant.
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I would rather condone polygamy than
same-sex marriages.
But to me both are wrong and I wished Miss California would have won.
No bashing and insulting, please!
Polygamy is predominately
one man married to many women. The early Mormons espoused (pardon the pun) it in order to increase their numbers quickly. Muslims practice it (the harem) for tribal and dynastic reasons; everybody is related to everybody (but I believe the primary reason is recreational.) Behind all this I think there is a very strong element of a guy thinking he is just too great to be wasted on one woman. Male ego, in other words.
I think the motivation is entirely different from two people caring deeply and wanting to commit to one another.
I personally feel that polygamy is
just as bad as SSM. I'm against both really. I don't see how you could be for one and oppose the other.
Polygamy isn't just religious beliefs
There are others, such as "swingers" who engage in group sex. Who's not to say that they wouldn't start to fight for the right to marry, even if only for the massive tax break they would get?
The polygamy and animal arguments are irrelevant
Seriously. Being gay is not a religious belief. It's who a person is. Polygamy is a religious practice, or a component of a religious practice. Polygamy is not a "group of people." One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. I won't even go into the animal thing I hear all the time. That's just crazy. People whose minds go straight from gay marriage to animal and multiple marriage are the scary people. Not gays. We just want to be left the heII alone to live our lives as we see fit just like everyone else without religious or any other type of interference that is uninvited. Those beliefs are about you. No one else.
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