[Vision2020] Gay marriage...... an oxymoron......Polygamy???

[sean]

Can anyone comment on if polygamy falls under the 
same reasoning for acceptance as same-sex 
marriages?  It seems quite natural (if other 
species are the measure of "natural" for our 
species).  It, like other relationships, can be 
equally consensual (though perhaps there are 
documented coercive examples).

While I may find the idea of a third set of hands 
of the wheel of our family unsettling, why not 
for others?  Hey, there are days I'd appreciate 
some guy mowing the lawn.  Maybe having another 
woman present to commiserate w/ about the kids 
would be uplifting for my wife.

Why all these artificial and unnatural limitations on marriages?

s

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>On 2 Mar 2006, at 13:16, joekc at adelphia.net wrote:
>
>>Donovan,
>>
>>Good point. But the consequences of forbidding 
>>same-sex marriage go even further still. My 
>>wife and I, Christian as we be, have no 
>>intention of having children any longer. We 
>>have one wonderful son and that is all we'd 
>>like to have. If you follow the anti-same-sex 
>>marriage arguments, the web or irrationality is 
>>suddenly thrust on us, as well.
>>
>>At best, folks like Tony can only appeal to the 
>>Argument from Nature: "Homosexuality"*™ is 
>>unnatural; therefore, it is immoral, or laws 
>>against it are justified.
>>
>>This is as bad of an argument as there is. 
>>First, there is little reason to accept the 
>>premise, given the prevalence of gays and 
>>lesbians in society. Second, even if you accept 
>>the premise, there is little reason to accept 
>>either conclusion. Flying in an airplane is 
>>unnatural. Is it immoral? Should it be illegal? 
>>Again, once we begin to accept such irrational 
>>arguments a rather wide net is cast, one that 
>>catches far more than those originally intended.
>>
>>Iâ*™m against laws limiting marriage, for most 
>>of them are based on general principles that 
>>would, if carried out to their full extent, 
>>compromise my own choices and actions. I don't 
>>have to be gay to be against them. The lesson 
>>to learn is that injustice anywhere is a threat 
>>to freedom everywhere.
>>
>>--
>>Joe Campbell
>>
>
>Good points, all.  I would go further and point 
>out that homosexual behavior is far from 
>unnatural; it's actually quite common throughout 
>the biological world.  I recommend the books 
>"Biological Exuberance" and, for a humorous as 
>well as a factual take on the whole matter, "Dr. 
>Tatiana's Sex Advice for All Creation." 
>Same-sex couplings among the higher orders are 
>frequent and well documented.  The unnatural 
>argument is nothing more than homophobia 
>masquerading as science.  It's simply 
>Toe-Knee-Time's way of saying "ick" without 
>accepting the repercussions.
>
>Which brings me to a question:  Toe-Knee-Time, 
>real person, troll, or instructions for doing 
>the Hokey Pokey?
>
>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
>www.joanopyr.com
>
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Thanks,
s


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