Actually, if you believe marriage is between two people your argument still remains consistent.
However though, and again, it's only conservatives arguing for polygamy and incest sister-cousin marriages. Those marriages mostly apply to religious people. Especially sister, cousin, mother, dad, mom marriages.
Wow! way to try to conflate incest with polygamy. Sadly you are most mistaken as tho who is calling for polygamy. The poly community consists of people of most religions and even atheists. Most includes the various pagan religions as well. We are liberals and libertarians as well as conservatives. Go to post #93 where I give you links to three seperate groups dealing with polyamory and polygamy.
Three consenting adults in a relationship...why do we care?
Hey we have a real live example right here....We're currently at 4 and I'm dating a third woman.
A wild free for all 'self identify your marriage' environment. OK.
Now. The hard part. What about the financial impact to the state and the electorate of being married or not being married? What of the financial difference to the state? (mind you I'm just asking questions, I don't know specifically).
We might have to revisit what benefits spouses receive from the various governments.
And I am saying that despite their ruling, welfare benefits from the state is not a legitimate reason to limit the rights and freedoms of the people.
Ones right should not be subject to the convenience of the government.
And, considering that Bigamy laws were around BEFORE all of these welfare programs.... that argument shouldn't hold water anyways.
Bigamy could still be on the books along side polygamy. If polygamy is treated as a single marriage, then bigamy, having two separate marriages at the same time could still be illegal.
What is not allowing polygamy bigotry against? You realizing having multiple wives is not a sexual orientation that you are born with.
Spouses, not wives. If you want to stick with the one man multiple wives stereotype at least call it by the correct name, polygyny. polygamy can be any combination of genders, such as my unit which consists of 2 husbands and 2 wives
Um, it states "wife", not, "wives". C'mon man.
Here's something from the OT.
17 And he shall not acquire many wives for himself, lest his heart turn away, nor shall he acquire for himself excessive silver and gold.
Not many but a few. Define a few. Define excessive. Since God didn't call out Solomon, I'm guessing 300 wives and an additional 400 concubines is neither many nor excessive.
No, I think marriage is being redefined. And that it's been redefined, it's open to other possibilities. You don't polygamy has a sexual orientation?
Of course it has been redefined. It has constantly been redefined across the centuries and millennium. Including being redefined into 1 man 1 woman.
God says what He means, and means what He says. It's clear that polygamy is not a part of God's perfect plan as early as Genesis. You know, the beginning?
You mean like incest was part of that plan? After all how else did Adam and Eve's kids find someone to have kids of their own with if not each other. Oh yeah and Noah's children and grandchildren. It's unclear whether he had anymore children after the flood, but the grandkids had to mate with each other. First cousins.
If a man has more than one wife, wouldn't he be sexually attracted to all of them?
Not necessarily. First off marriages of the past were typically arranged and love was not a factor. Even today, there are marriages of convenience. Prior to recent event, it was not unheard of for a gay male couple to each marry a lesbian couple for the legal benefits and such. While sexual attractiveness would certainly be present in a vast majority of marriages, poly or mono, but it is not a requirement.