Hermaphrodites

[9th Engineer]

I've heard alot of proponents of gay marriage say that legalization in no way legalizes polygamy, but that just doesn't make any sense. Isn't the bedrock of the argument that we do not have the right to judge the sexual preferences of others? That human sexuality has always had many different forms and is fluid in and of itself? Without joking, how many here think that if we legalize gay marriage we should extend the same rights to polygamists? I'm talking mainstream here, not these little wacko camps

[bluecuracao]

No, I don't think it that's the bedrock of the argument. Gay marriage supporters argue that marriage is a spiritual and legal commitment between two people who love each other.

Making polygamy legal would get really complicated. It could not be just one man or woman marrying two or more men and women. The spouses would all have to consent to be married to each other, and each spouse would have the right to bring other spouses into the fold. If someone wanted out, they would have to divorce everybody. Everyone would have rights to claim each others' property, alimony, palimony, and custody of each others' children.

[Pie]

...And thus, the line marriage was born.

Originally Posted by Robert A. Heinlein

Monogamy is merely a social pattern useful to certain structures of society – but it is strictly a pragmatic matter, unconnected with sin … and a myriad other patterns are possible and some of them can be, under appropriate circumstances, both more efficient and more happy-making.