Leave the Mormons out of it,
Karrie, leave Mormons out of it? Why? They are the major proponents of polygamy, along with Muslims.
discuss why three college students who are all in love with one another, educated, and aware of their choices, shouldn't be allowed to marry.
Oh, there are several reasons. First, if you let them marry you also have to recognize the polygamous marriages of Mormons, with all the accompanying sexual abuse of minors and the brainwashing of women that goes on in those compounds.
Same with Muslims. We also must recognize Muslim polygamous marriages. Muslim women will be forced to enter polygamous marriages, same as many times they are forced to enter monogamous marriage these days. Their misery will be compounded in polygamous marriages.
Also, your ideal three member couple, all college educated, may work well for a while. What happens if one of them gets pregnant? Who decides how the child should be brought up? Only the father and the mother? Then what about the rights of the other woman, she presumably works and contributes to the running of the household. Does she have a say in how the child should be brought up? If not, why not?
If she does have a say, what does that say abut the right of the father and the mother to decide how their child should be brought up (a right that they enjoy today).
If there is a divorce, does the other woman get custodial rights? If not, why not? She has contributed financially to the household. If she gets custodial rights, what does that say about the right of the father and the mother to decide how their child should be brought up?
If the man wants to marry another woman, who decides that? Does the man alone decide? If so, then the women in the marriage have no rights. If women have the veto over who the man marries, that denies man the very basic, fundamental right, the right to marry whoever he chooses, the right of association.
One can think of many situations like this, where right of one person can only be protected at the expense of rights of another. There is no way out of the dilemma, no way to square the circle.
Mormons, Muslims are at least upfront about it, they make no secret of the fact that the aim of polygamous marriage is to keep women down. Any union of one man and several women will precisely have the same effect. Either that, or man may be totally denied his rights. There is no middle ground, no way to square the circle.
Karrie, leave Mormons out of it? Why? They are the major proponents of polygamy, along with Muslims.
discuss why three college students who are all in love with one another, educated, and aware of their choices, shouldn't be allowed to marry.
Oh, there are several reasons. First, if you let them marry you also have to recognize the polygamous marriages of Mormons, with all the accompanying sexual abuse of minors and the brainwashing of women that goes on in those compounds.
Same with Muslims. We also must recognize Muslim polygamous marriages. Muslim women will be forced to enter polygamous marriages, same as many times they are forced to enter monogamous marriage these days. Their misery will be compounded in polygamous marriages.
Also, your ideal three member couple, all college educated, may work well for a while. What happens if one of them gets pregnant? Who decides how the child should be brought up? Only the father and the mother? Then what about the rights of the other woman, she presumably works and contributes to the running of the household. Does she have a say in how the child should be brought up? If not, why not?
If she does have a say, what does that say abut the right of the father and the mother to decide how their child should be brought up (a right that they enjoy today).
If there is a divorce, does the other woman get custodial rights? If not, why not? She has contributed financially to the household. If she gets custodial rights, what does that say about the right of the father and the mother to decide how their child should be brought up?
If the man wants to marry another woman, who decides that? Does the man alone decide? If so, then the women in the marriage have no rights. If women have the veto over who the man marries, that denies man the very basic, fundamental right, the right to marry whoever he chooses, the right of association.
One can think of many situations like this, where right of one person can only be protected at the expense of rights of another. There is no way out of the dilemma, no way to square the circle.
Mormons, Muslims are at least upfront about it, they make no secret of the fact that the aim of polygamous marriage is to keep women down. Any union of one man and several women will precisely have the same effect. Either that, or man may be totally denied his rights. There is no middle ground, no way to square the circle.
