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2004-11-07 Home Front: Culture Wars

U.S. should legalize polygamy, law expert says

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Posted by tipper 2004-11-07 7:26:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Since even the Caliphornians recognize that animals don't have rights, this must mean that camels are next. Yasser would feel more welcome.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-11-07 7:34:56 PM|| 2004-11-07 7:34:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The residents of Colorado City are probably watching this development with interest.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-07 7:38:43 PM|| 2004-11-07 7:38:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Interestingly enough, East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, etc) adopted monogamy as a result of Western influence. It would be interesting to see their reaction to the restoration of polygamy in the West.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-11-07 8:27:38 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-11-07 8:27:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 And Rick Santorum's observations about that being the next domino was laughed at...

Posted by Pappy 2004-11-07 9:22:00 PM|| 2004-11-07 9:22:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 It was this guy that convinced me to vote for the Ohio Marriage Amendment. This article was originally in USA Today Op-ed about a month ago. I've got absolutely no problem with civil unions for gay people, but I've got a major objections to polygamy, and whatever other "rights" some activist judge chooses to dredge up. Guess that makes me another "homophobic red-neck bible-thumping Bush voter".

Posted by A Jackson 2004-11-07 10:40:24 PM|| 2004-11-07 10:40:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "Jewish and Christian authorities agree that the Bible's ideal is monogamy..."

Whenever the Bible talks in any detail about the family life of someone who had more than one wife, there are invariably problems:

*bickering. Esau's wives drove his parents crazy, so he married two more, hoping they'd be more congenial;

*jealousy. Leah and Rachel, sisters, both married to Jacob and fighting with each other for decades.

*favoritism. Jacob showed obvious favor to Joseph and Benjamin, his children by Rachel, to the point where his other sons came to hate Joseph so much that they sold him into slavery and told Jacob that a wild beast had killed Joseph.

*bitchiness. Elkanah loved Hannah more than his other wife, Peninah, so Peninah rubbed Hannah's nose in the fact that Hannah had no children

*rape, murder, and rebellion. King David had so many children and so many responsibilities that he didn't discipline his sons. When Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar, David didn't do anything, so Tamar's brother Absalom killed Amnon and rebelled against David.

Thus the "blessings" of polygamy.

Posted by mom 2004-11-07 11:52:25 PM|| 2004-11-07 11:52:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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