Makes no sense...

arguing that the CA ruling has thrown the door to polygamy wide open.

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The government should not be involved in the people's partnering practices in any way.

The reason it's OK for gays to get married is because the Supreme Court struck down the sodomy laws back in November of '03. It's no longer a crime for gays to co-habitate so naturally they're going to seek the same rights as everyone else.

If you want to have group marriages then good for you, but you're going to have to do something about the bigamy laws first then you can think about getting laws passed for multiple marriages.

Not that I think that would go anywhere... See marriage has always been about property and inheritance. It has never had anything to do with love or family.

If you can codify who gets inheritance rights? 4th born of the first wife or 1st born of the 3rd wife then you'll have a shot at legalizing polygamy. Until then, any effort will go nowhere.

Should be up to churches who they wanna marry...
and to state who they wanna marry...
and up to individuals who they wanna live and make contracts with...

The same kind of twisted thinking that makes it illegal to have anything Christian in Christmas because it might offend someone but to force gay pride parades on the public is absolutely mandatory. To not support people's gay rights might offend some one? Now the logic there escapes me! To each their own as long as it is "politically correct?"

The very fact that you think this whole conflicting concept is insane, is proof of your own sanity.

As someone else alluded, consensual contracts and agreements conducted between private parties warrants no interference whatsoever with government agencies (unless, say, you're contracting a hit on a third party).

I don't care if Wilma and Westley want to marry Wanda The Wonder Watermelon, no consensual arrangements between private parties depend upon the blessings of the government (even though the state likes to assert otherwise).

What kind of twisted reasoning does it take to accept all this...stuff? :) The same kind that brought you the FED, the IRS, and all those other little twisted governmental delights.

As a related aside, it is challenging to stand up for such arrangements. When you find yourself fighting for the rights of people to engage in things you never would personally engage in (because it's the Constitutionally correct thing to do), people are often quick to assume that you personally champion certain lifestyles. This is a big part of our big-picture fight: retraining minds of sheeple to apply critical thinking, rather than thinking...critically.

Here's what I think the motives are of the people involved:

-The local people are the modern day "witch" hunters believing whatever hysterical hype they hear

-The law officers (sheriffs, judges, prosecutors) are mostly following orders and might be witch hunters or might know they are going after innocent people, but don't care cause its their job on the line

-The local politicians turn a blind eye because its their job on the line. Either because they know its a staging point for taking control of local groups or because they're scared about getting reelected.

-The Federal politicians know the people in the camp are innocent, but think its necessary because we have to condition the people for getting rounded up.

As free people there's nothing wrong with multiple consenting wives. I think what they don't want groups like the compound to have is self sufficiency and they want the people in the compound, but more importantly people outside the compound to realize the government can go into an area, steal children, force government medicine and take their livelihoods away at any time.

once you reach a certain point in life, assuming you've at least tried to understand "life" as it were, you realize that all this is crap. you think A is right, I swear by B....the day we realize that life is a unique journey for everyone everywhere, maybe we'll understand that my opinion is just that and that I have no right whatsoever to tell you what to do about anything..once we collectively feel that way, positive change can occur

I am free only because I choose to deal with the consequences of my actions. I do not fear death, I fear life without liberty.

To each his own, but...

It does seem odd that we live in a world where one man can legally agree to have his rectum penetrated by the genitals of another man, but it is illegal for one man to agree to perform labor for another man for less than $7 per hour.

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are just legal contracts, not marriages in the religious sense. They are contracts where you agree to take care of each other, share each other's expenses, etc., etc. So what? I believe that can be a good thing because too many gay couples have children and guess who gets screwed when they quit playing house?

So, the whole thing is absurd. If a man wants to contract with more than one woman, and she agrees, go for it. If two people of the same sex want to enter into a binding contract, so be it.

I believe marriage certificates protect the rights of the children and also legal protection for each party involved in the transaction.

Healthnut4freedom

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6

You aren't wrong but silliness is the name of the game......The very fact that there were slaves after the constitution was signed, is silly. The fact that I'm supposedly free, yet can't take the drugs I might happen to prefer over alcohol or niccotine, is ignorant. The fact that the majority of this country proudly states that they are free yet are nothing more than slaves without chains, is ludacris. Mostly though, the fact that people do not understand what freedom even means, is silly. The unfortunate thing us Ron Paul supporters and liberty lovers need to understand is that 10% of the world is intelligent, 65 percent are average intelligence, and 25% are below average intelligence (just throwing those #'s out there, I didn't look them up, lol). To think that we can simply sway the people that can't even understand why we believe what we do is silly. We have to take it and we have to take it by education and/or force. Just to be clear, I'm not advocating force...just stating that I can't talk a sheep into anything but I can sick the dog on him and he'll do whatever I want.......it's possilbe to teach it, but it takes a very very long time :)

I am free only because I choose to deal with the consequences of my actions. I do not fear death, I fear life without liberty.

giving fairness where none is due, FLDS was not raided because of polygamy. It was raided for falsely being accused of child abuse.

wpsmithjr

Before we get on to questioning your sanity, let's first examine whether or not the government should have any say over marriage whatsoever. I thought that marriage was a sacred vow made before God by two individuals to commit to a lifetime of mutual love and care. As far as I'm concerned, the Gov has no damn business getting invoved in matters of marriage at all. Marriage is either a function of Government, or it is a function of Religion. Because one is secular and the other is Religious, it cannot belong to both.
Which is it?

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