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Gay Marriage USA
SG:
Given Romney is a Mormon and Gingrich apparently believes in open marriage does this mean that polygamy is on the radar for the USA?
Advanced by the Republican Party?
Will this tolerance apply to all forms of marriage and will there be a universal right for gay people to get hitched?
It would be amusing if the Republicans actually got that through...
SG
Lord Biscuit©:
Polygamy is a religious belief, unlike a persons decision to become gay and ruin the fabric of society by having gay sex with anything that moves in a very evil and anti-religious way. Obviously.
Thaluikhain:
--- Quote from: SG on January 22, 2012, 10:47:22 PM ---It would be amusing if the Republicans actually got that through...
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In that there'd be several million simultaneous spit takes when that was announced.
Truckarella:
--- Quote from: Lord Biscuit© on January 22, 2012, 11:23:56 PM ---Polygamy is a religious belief,
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Yeah, except when it isn't. Maybe 'polygamy has been observed and condoned within religious communities'.
I'm sure lots of the poly crowd would love marriage available to them too, but considering what marriage is actually about (property sharing) and the state's interest in it (property division on separation) I can't see them considering more than two for now.
I'd tip fixed term marriage making it before 2+ marriages. Imagine the massive admin benefits in that. (Mexico City floated the idea a while ago to try to unclog their court system. I think it makes sense.)
Bookworm:
Legal poly marriages would be a bitch of a thing to negotiate, I would think, from a legal perspective that is...
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