Comments on: Polygamy http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/ Blog that talks. Word Scrawl is a blog maintained by Amanda M Roberts to advise and inform on the matters of the world. Word Scrawl is built to serve you. Subscribe to Word Scrawl because we let the word speak. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Amanda Roberts http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/#comment-373 Amanda Roberts Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:48:40 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=118#comment-373 SHolland, thank you for brining that up. Other industrialized countries (Canada for instance)honors polygamous marriages that were preformed in other countries, even down to health benefits. Once again, Canada beats us in open mindedness. SHolland, thank you for brining that up. Other industrialized countries (Canada for instance)honors polygamous marriages that were preformed in other countries, even down to health benefits.

Once again, Canada beats us in open mindedness.

]]> By: SHolland http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/#comment-366 SHolland Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:46:43 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=118#comment-366 Remo - the argument that 'the laws won't allow people to be polygamists' is faulty. Just because something is law doesn't make it a just law. Look at the overturned laws against sodomy, which were designed to make homosexuality illegal. There are also laws in Britain against S&M that make the consenting masochist an accessory to their own 'assault', when neither party wants to press charges and no one has actually been assaulted. The really crazy thing in our society is that we've been programmed to believe that if we are in a relationship and fall in love with another, we only have three options: 1) Leave the first partner and pursue 'true love' with the second... essentially throwing away whatever was good about the first relationship. 2) Ignore feeling for the second partner and spend the rest of your life wondering... throwing away whatever was good about the second relationship. 3) Have an affair where the first partner has no knowledge of the second partner... throwing away honesty and self-respect. No thought is given to the possibility that humans have the capacity to genuinely love more than one person at a time and conduct those relationships in a responsible, honest manner. Many monogamous marriages end because of infidelity. I wonder how many marriages would not end if there weren't such a stigma against multiple committed intimate partners. Remo - the argument that ‘the laws won’t allow people to be polygamists’ is faulty. Just because something is law doesn’t make it a just law. Look at the overturned laws against sodomy, which were designed to make homosexuality illegal. There are also laws in Britain against S&M that make the consenting masochist an accessory to their own ‘assault’, when neither party wants to press charges and no one has actually been assaulted.

The really crazy thing in our society is that we’ve been programmed to believe that if we are in a relationship and fall in love with another, we only have three options:

1) Leave the first partner and pursue ‘true love’ with the second… essentially throwing away whatever was good about the first relationship.

2) Ignore feeling for the second partner and spend the rest of your life wondering… throwing away whatever was good about the second relationship.

3) Have an affair where the first partner has no knowledge of the second partner… throwing away honesty and self-respect.

No thought is given to the possibility that humans have the capacity to genuinely love more than one person at a time and conduct those relationships in a responsible, honest manner. Many monogamous marriages end because of infidelity. I wonder how many marriages would not end if there weren’t such a stigma against multiple committed intimate partners.

]]> By: Amanda Roberts http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/#comment-360 Amanda Roberts Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:00:11 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=118#comment-360 Remo... That thinking could lead to some seriously crazy marriages. Arachne, I agree with you. The problem is too many times people associate things that are otherwise unrelated because of one instance. Remo… That thinking could lead to some seriously crazy marriages.

Arachne, I agree with you. The problem is too many times people associate things that are otherwise unrelated because of one instance.

]]> By: Arachne Jericho http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/#comment-359 Arachne Jericho Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:41:21 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=118#comment-359 I think people tend to dislike polygamy because some of the bigger polygyny snafus were not made in the mutual interests of all parties involved. That, unfortunately, has colored the perception of polygamy. I don't think any moral justification is needed, as long as everyone involved is happy with the situation. I think people tend to dislike polygamy because some of the bigger polygyny snafus were not made in the mutual interests of all parties involved. That, unfortunately, has colored the perception of polygamy.

I don’t think any moral justification is needed, as long as everyone involved is happy with the situation.

]]> By: Remo http://www.wordscrawl.com/news/opinion/polygamy/#comment-357 Remo Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:33:21 +0000 http://www.wordscrawl.com/?p=118#comment-357 You do have valid points. But the laws won't allow people to be polygamists. Marry someone like Sybil. Problem solved. You do have valid points. But the laws won’t allow people to be polygamists. Marry someone like Sybil. Problem solved.

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