LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

cprise

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9. This is one of those "mind so open my brain fell out" positions

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:10 AM

Mar 2013

One reason gay marriage works well in a liberal democracy is that it adds a bare minimum of legal and emotional variables to domestic relationships. It preserves personal exclusivity and no one is being denied their civil rights in order to make domestic tranquility possible for the families that "belong" to wealthy acquisitive males.

Gay marriage also works as a movement because gay people have been flat out denied participation in the institution of marriage.

OTOH, would-be polygamists want more of what they've already got.

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Polygamy will follow gay marriage [View all] LiberalElite Mar 2013 OP

Newsmax? Really? The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #1

Yeah LiberalElite Mar 2013 #2

Maybe they have something there... immoderate Mar 2013 #3

It's a better argument then that Bay Boy Mar 2013 #4

Only for tax reasons. bluedigger Mar 2013 #6

I love my dog Bay Boy Mar 2013 #15

So what Kalidurga Mar 2013 #5

This is one of those "mind so open my brain fell out" positions cprise Mar 2013 #9

Bare minimum? LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #16

Modern marriage is for intimate cooperation and support cprise Apr 2013 #17

How so? LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #18

We are not "many countries throughout history" nor Saudi Arabia cprise Apr 2013 #19

We aren't many places LostOne4Ever Apr 2013 #20

Back in the '60s,,,, Oldfolkie Mar 2013 #7

yeah, those communal living arrangements Brainstormy Mar 2013 #8

I'm not against communal living per-se, but cprise Mar 2013 #10

if a man Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #11

Triad DreamGypsy Mar 2013 #12

Polyandry, anyone? niyad Mar 2013 #13

mark twain on polygamy, and patriarchal sexual rules in general niyad Mar 2013 #14

and why not? jckelly May 2013 #21

So you think people should be able to marry as many people as they want? ellisonz May 2013 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #23

Logical?????? WovenGems Jun 2013 #24

. libodem Jun 2013 #25

No real arguments against polygamy. PID767 Jun 2013 #26

Stonewall Riots libodem Jun 2013 #27

We tried that already: it DOESN'T WORK. HELLO???!!! Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #28

Well, by that logic, I'm still waiting for the right to vote twice, since women can vote once ShadowLiberal Jun 2013 #29