The Next step in the Marriage Dance; NBC News recently announced the most recent dance step at the marriage reception:
“WASHINGTON — The Senate passed landmark legislation Tuesday that would codify federal protection for marriages of same-sex and interracial couples, with Democrats securing enough votes to overcome opposition from most Republicans.
‘With today’s bipartisan Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, the United States is on the brink of reaffirming a fundamental truth: love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry the person they love,’ Biden said in a statement. (Bolding not in original)
The Senate vote reflects the rapidly growing public support for legal same-sex marriage, which hit a new high of 71% in Gallup tracking polls in June, up from just 27% in 1996, when Gallup first began polling the issue.”
With that done, here’s what could come next:
Senate votes to legalize polygamy affirming a fundamental truth: love is love, and Americans should have the right to marry – at the same time – as many people as they love.
Think I’m joking? Not since the day I had an exchange via email with a well-known columnist in a Florida newspaper (who will remain unnamed).
He – his name and photo convincingly identified him as a “he” – wrote an article in The New York Times International Edition that I found in the cafeteria of a Hotel in Mexico City where I was visiting on business. The columnist worked for a well-known Florida newspaper.
He offered a case for same sex marriage. This was over fifteen years ago.
I had time after breakfast to send off an email to him asking if he would accept the words “multiple partners marriage” as a substitution for “same sex marriage.” Would that work for him?
His responded within the hour with “Yes, I guess it would.” I thanked him for his quick response and journalistic honesty.
I consider him an early adaptor of what’s next: Federal Government sanctioned Polygamy. (I give it 15 years to surface.)
The debate over this next step have long been active in Psychology Today. Here are two examples:
1. Michael Price, Ph.D., Brunel University London, wrote “The Pros and Cons of Polygamy: Would legalizing polygamy increase people’s freedom, or limit it?”:
“Maybe the simplest and most compelling argument in favor of legalization is that it would enhance people’s freedom to choose their own mates.”
“So it does seem that by prohibiting polygamy between consenting adults, we restrict people’s ability to choose their own mate(s). However this doesn’t mean making it legal is a good idea. Personal freedom is not the only value we should strive to maximize, of course, and there may be a greater social good served by keeping polygamy illegal. Would the potential costs of legalizing polygamy—such as reduced gender equality, increased numbers of low-status unmarried men, decreased social stability, or some other unmentioned problem—exceed the potential benefits?”
“Personal freedom is not the only value we should strive to maximize, of course, and there may be a greater social good served by keeping polygamy illegal. Would the potential costs of legalizing polygamy—such as reduced gender equality, increased numbers of low-status unmarried men, decreased social stability, or some other unmentioned problem—exceed the potential benefits?”
“With gay marriage now legal nationwide, many (like William Baude in the New York Times) are now wondering if legalized polygamy may be next, and some (like Fredrik Deboer in Politico) are suggesting that it should be.”
2. Nell Burton, M.S. wrote in Psychology Today
“Historically, most cultures that permitted polygamy permitted polygyny (a man taking two or more wives) rather than polyandry (a woman taking two or more husbands).”
“Under Islamic marital jurisprudence, a man can take up to four wives, so long as he treats them all equally. While it is true that Islam permits polygyny, it does not require or impose it: marriage can only occur by mutual consent, and a bride is able to stipulate that her husband-to-be is not to take a second wife. Monogamy is by far the norm in Muslim societies, as most men cannot afford to maintain more than one family, and many of those who could would rather not. That said, polygyny remains very common across much of West Africa.”
Close:
The group most likely to accept legal polygamy are those in the legal professions where the statutes of divorce and asset distribution (human and otherwise) would offer many billing opportunities.
If, perchance, you’re curious as to what might come next, after a reduction in the sanctioned marrying age to include early and pre-teens, see this US Sun article, if you dare.
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It’s Dr. Neel Burton. I’m sure it was a typo, but anyway, I chased down that article by him, and it appears that the good doctor focused mostly on muslims, concerning polygamy, with but one Christian exception, being the Mormons. Seemed to be a rather lop-sided approach he took addressing that situation.
I wonder if Michael Price PhD decided it was more expedient to leave out the word “temporary” when he was giving the audience his “simplest view” for the case for polygamy.
I’m more suspect of the errant psychologist than I am of an atheist philosopher, but, that’s just me. An atheist philosopher can be converted, and often they do it without much help from a Christian. One exception to that is, of course, Dr. Jordan Peterson, for good reason. His head is used for more things than something to be held up by his arm, unlike many in the field of psychology.
I learned what carnage that one magazine would cause on society when I read them cover to cover, back in the 70s.
“What’s next”, or that ole “Slippery slope” is to be expected, at a theater near you and I, very soon.
You were very considerate, much more than I would have been, toward this topic. I should probably learn to be more like you.