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If your state were to propose a law or ballot initiative allowing for persons to be married to more than one partner, would you support it? Why or why not?
As long as the other current marriage rules apply absolutley yes!
As long as its between CONSENTING ADULTS i have no problem with it because while I may never do it, its just like Gay marriage, its none of my buisness and has no effect on me.
If your state were to propose a law or ballot initiative allowing for persons to be married to more than one partner, would you support it? Why or why not?
Anyone who wants more than one wife is crazy if you ask me. Whatever floats their boat.. One wife is bad enough, thats all I'm saying.
Depends. I would want extra rules in place to protect the members of the marriage. I think it should be legal to have a group marriage, but not so much multiple wives or husbands. And it would be important to have rules in place for some of the problems that could be easily anticipated beforehand, especially rules regarding someone who wants to get out of the marriage and who actually has say over the medical and legal decisions. I would not just vote for it just because it was proposed. Plus, there is much more of a potential for this to be abused than any two-people only marriage. With couple marriages, someone who is trying to scam the system is limited by the fact that if they do want to actually get married to someone they would truly consider a spouse, then they have to divorce from the scam marriage first. On the other hand, if the rules were just that you could enter into the contract as many times as you wanted with different people, then what is to keep people from taking several spouses, who may or may not know about each other, just to get extra benefits. And, if they don't know about each other, then that leaves a potential for huge problems concerning estate and entitlement benefits.
If your state were to propose a law or ballot initiative allowing for persons to be married to more than one partner, would you support it? Why or why not?
I would tend to oppose it, though probably not real actively. I do not see it as necessary like I see gay marriage(before some one goes into the whole hypocrisy thing, remember, being gay is something you are, polygamy is something you do, completely different), I don't see it as benefiting society, and the laws involved would be incredibly complex.
Does anyone here have friends who live in a polyamorous/group relationship, regardless of the lack of legal recognition? I'd be curious as to any insights you might have. I knew a fellow who lived in such a household, a neo-pagan group to be specific, (and yes they had kids), but we didn't know each other well enough to discuss the juicy details, lol.
You don't see a family, as an economic entity and as a child rearing entity, as benefiting society when it can broaden the adult representation beyond 2 people? In that scenario, I see that some adults would chose to raise children and care for the household, some adults would pursue education and sabbaticals, some adults would choose to work and develop their career or start businesses, and some adults would go on adventure and play (sailing around the world). More adults can ensure economic stability while others pursue their other plans.
Set it up as a incorporated civil union. You may be required to buy shares to enter the family. You hold a percentage of assets and liabilities. If you decide to divorce yourself, you get out the percentage you own. Divorce maintains family stability.
There are a lot of advantages.
Set it up as a incorporated civil union. You may be required to buy shares to enter the family. You hold a percentage of assets and liabilities. If you decide to divorce yourself, you get out the percentage you own. Divorce maintains family stability.
There are a lot of advantages.
Methinks someone else read Friday at some point. :mrgreen:
Wow, sounds like a time share. ( And we all know those are scams)
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