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Those of you claiming polygamy and gay marriage are equal
I assume you have no more problem with women marrying multiple men than vice versa.
The easy distinction is that "polygamy" is not gender neutral, and gay marriage is. Indeed, manifestly, whereas polygamy has traditionally been a means of oppressing and abusing women gay unions have not. Polygamy is wrong, it's downright evil, and gay marriage is not. I have no doubt about this.
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If this is such a compelling point, why are only guys like Norcal, exute and Waters making it, in the whole world? It's a ludicrous argument. No one is taking to the streets saying now legalize polygamy as a constitutional right. Grow up.
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Oh, I forgot. COlly Wolly is making the analogy too. See a pattern?
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You're full of crap on this. First, no one is claiming this. WHo says they are "equal" (whatever that means)? Second, people are suggesting that allowing gay marriage opens the door for all sorts of unions, be it multiple males, females, mixes or whatever. Third, you, of all people, should be preared to live wiht the consequences of theis change. Your testimony, as COlly corectly dubs it, of the inevitable oppressive nature of polygamy is just hooey. It is almost identicval to the arguments religions use against gay marriage and is nothing more than a remnant of your social viewpoint but surely you wouldn't propose that this should be the basis to prohibit consenting adults from joining in legal union?
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You've got it completely bass-ackwards there.
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I don't actually think that religions argue gay marriage oppresses women or anyone. THey are claiming something else. They simply claim it is deviant and sinful. But we don't have to engage in a tangled factual discussion whether polygamy has oppressed women through the ages to today. The hard fact is that polygamy is not gender neutral and gay marriage is. Polygamy reinforces some rigid societal limitations on women that some of us abhor.
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I've made two compelling arguments including in the first paragraph of the quoted language in your post. Do you ever consider societal norms and consensus in deciding what's right and wrong? I recommend it. The fact that only a few Mormon men are making this argument should tell you something.
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