Who says it has to be TWO loving people???

Tinseltown is seeking to mainstream polygamous relationships.
Having long ago forsaken the favorable depiction of monogamy characterized by such shows as the long-running Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966) and Father Knows Best (1954-1960), Hollywood producers are outdoing themselves in portraying polygamy as just another lifestyle that should be accepted by Americans.

HBO's fictional series entitled Big Love was one of the shows which began the polygamy love affair among Hollywood producers. The show was followed by the reality series Sister Wives, starring the perennially grinning Kody Brown. Brown is legally married to one wife, but "spiritually" wed to three other spouses who live pseudo-harmoniously as one big, happy family with sixteen children. He is the latest calendar pinup for the sexually liberated left, which seems hell-bent on redefining marriage to the point of eliminating it altogether.

The real polygamous Brown family, having replaced TV's fictionalized Big Love family as the poster-family for polygamy, are now suing to make their choices legally legitimate, seeking to decriminalize "consensual" polygamous relationships -- ironically, in Utah, of all places.

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But in a milieu such as NYC, imbued as it is with multi-culturalism and a "don't ask, don't tell" mentality concerning sexual mores, no one is paying much attention to the establishment of polygamous households. Further, Bernstein ominously notes, "f the household breaks up, the wives' legal status is murky at best, with little case law to guide decisions on marital property or benefits."
The push for gay marriage was based on the monogamous principle, which was used as a model for allowing same-sex unions. But whatever the motives and longings of those espousing gay marriage, as Justice Antonin Scalia memorably noted in his dissent in Lawrence v. Texas (which struck down anti-sodomy laws), the decision would mean a sexual free-for-all, opening the door for the legalization of "bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality and obscenity."

While the left may sneer at Justice Scalia's list of predictions, it is fair to ask just what the consequences of the establishment and legalization of polygamy in the West would be. For rest assured: the practice would not long remain an exotic and titillating source for TV reality shows, but would multiply quickly, bringing many woes with it.

First, legal polygamy would guarantee that women in the West in polygamous relationships would begin to resemble third-world women in multiple marriages. The achievements of the struggle for women's rights in Europe, the Americas, and indeed around the world would be blown to smithereens, for the premise of equal rights for men and women begins with the equality monogamous marriage provides as a bedrock for equal rights for men and women before the law.

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Wat_Tyler said:

My truck is hawt, but I'd trade her for a four-door Hemi in a nano-second.

With duals.

And loud pipes.

I guess that makes me . . . afraid to commit.

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4est_4est_Gump said:

I want to marry my truck.

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Bidin~Time said:

I have a thing for the blue thing out in the driveway. And she's a she, because, well, I always name my vehicles female names.

On a semi-related note to the OP; one of my co workers told of how her gyn suggested she should have a baby soon, if children were in her life plans. She replied she wasn't married causing him to ask why she thought she needed a husband to have a baby. Her response was to tell him that in some families, a husband wasn't important, but in hers, it was an extremely important prerequisite. But we reside in flyover country, so that little anecdote may mean not a thing.

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SaintPeter said:

I can give it all up except for the fornication.


I like to fornicate.

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4est_4est_Gump said:

Because they want to control your bedroom and your checkbook...





... it's based on morality.

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4est_4est_Gump said:

☝ Phoenix U grad...

He thinks Californication is a new branch of the Million-Man Math system too...

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Bidin~Time said:

If only they knew the state of either, they'd think again.

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SaintPeter said:

☝


Trailer trash.


He thinks a three way is an electrical device that gets power to his microwave, TV, and lava lamp with the same outlet.

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