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The legal nightmare it would present, as well as societal standards and customs.
Well we CAN'T imcomvenience the state!
Heaven forbid.
The legal nightmare it would present, as well as societal standards and customs.
Son, have you ever read the bible? This couldn't be more false.
Wiseone posted you a nice little chart in post #21. The bible condones many different types of marriage, to include polygamy. Polygamy has been around for thousands and thousands of years, in many different societies and cultures, such as among the hebrews, the chinese, the greeks, indians, native americans, africans, polynesians, etc.I'm not your son.
And where does the Bible describe any marriage that is not between a man and a woman? Where does the bible even suggest that marriage can be anything other than between a man and a woman?
Let me guess, you're one of those people who think when two men you don't even know are married it somehow affects your own marriage?
IMO ... yes and yes.So if a man marries two women, are those two women also married? And could one of those women take another husband? Would that mean the fist man is married to the second man?
Exactly.Polygamy requires same-sex marriage to be legal. But same-sex marriage doesn't require polygamy to be legal.
No.
It is not possible for two men to be married. By definition, marriage has always been, is, and will always be a union between a man and a woman. It is the basis of every stable human society that ever has or ever will exist.
My concern is over the severe damage that will unavoidably be done to our society, and to everyone in it, if we are forced to accept a sick, vulgar mockery of marriage as being in any way comparable to the real thing. Our society can only be as stable as its foundation. If we make our foundation out of garbage, then that is what our society will become.
No.
It is not possible for two men to be married. By definition, marriage has always been, is, and will always be a union between a man and a woman. It is the basis of every stable human society that ever has or ever will exist.
My concern is over the severe damage that will unavoidably be done to our society, and to everyone in it, if we are forced to accept a sick, vulgar mockery of marriage as being in any way comparable to the real thing. Our society can only be as stable as its foundation. If we make our foundation out of garbage, then that is what our society will become.
Bob, that statement is just not true. That is the mainstream Christian definition, and a recent one at that. Any number of other religions, cultures, and countries believe differently.
Should Plural Marriage be legalized too?
I don't think the polygamists care, quite frankly. They're not politically charged like the pissed off gay activists; they're just shut-ins, who live in their own world. Sometimes I get the feeling that I care more about their marriage rights than they do.So if a man marries two women, are those two women also married? And could one of those women take another husband? Would that mean the fist man is married to the second man?
Polygamy requires same-sex marriage to be legal. But same-sex marriage doesn't require polygamy to be legal.
Sorry, they're consenting adults who demand equal protection. If homosexuals get it, polygamists sure as hell should too.The legal nightmare it would present, as well as societal standards and customs.
Should Plural Marriage be legalized too?
Wiseone posted you a nice little chart in post #21. The bible condones many different types of marriage, to include polygamy. Polygamy has been around for thousands and thousands of years, in many different societies and cultures, such as among the hebrews, the chinese, the greeks, indians, native americans, africans, polynesians, etc.
Marriage has been a LOT of things to a LOT of different people. You don't get to patent it and own the term.
Do you still support the rapist:victim marriage law, or the war bride law? Or have you decided which biblical marriage laws you like to support and which you like to ignore?
So if a man marries two women, are those two women also married? And could one of those women take another husband? Would that mean the fist man is married to the second man?
Polygamy requires same-sex marriage to be legal. But same-sex marriage doesn't require polygamy to be legal.
So if a man marries two women, are those two women also married? And could one of those women take another husband? Would that mean the fist man is married to the second man?
Polygamy requires same-sex marriage to be legal. But same-sex marriage doesn't require polygamy to be legal.
You are, of course, completely dodging the question to which you are purporting to respond.
Every example in the chart rather exaggerated chart posted by Wiseone shows marriage between a man and a woman. Every example of marriage in any of the societies which you've cited is between a man and a woman. Every society of any size that has ever remained stable for any significant period of history was founded on families, built on marriages between a man and a woman. Every society that has deviated from this model has fallen into degradation, collapse, and extinction. Ours will be no exception.
Considering there are plenty of legal, gay married couples in the US and the world, I would say you were caught again making things up.There is no such thing, has never been, and can never be, as a marriage that is not between a man and a woman.
1) The topic is actually polygamy, which you don't support, though your bible does. You said marriage has always been between A man and A woman, and I showed this to be completely and entirely false.
Except that you didn't. You've not shown any valid example of a marriage that was not between a man and a woman. Even in polygamous marriages, each marriage is between a man and a woman. The only difference between that and monogamy is that in a polygamous situation, some people are in more than one marriage at a time; but each marriage is still between a man and a woman. That is the essential, defining characteristic of marriage.
Those shouldn't considerations when deciding to dictate that people can't do what they want.The legal nightmare it would present, as well as societal standards and customs.
No, you are wrong. A polygamous marriage is between a man and women. (plural) Or a woman and men (plural) or women and men (plural). A marriage between a man and a woman (singular) is not polygamy, because it does not match the definition, at all.
They go over the distinction between plural and singular at a rather early age. Were you perhaps sick that day?