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Charles Krauthammer weighs in as well: Pandora and Polygamy.

And, again, the vehicle for raising the issue is HBO’s Big Love (could this show have gotten more free publicity?).

I continue to question a) the political will to legalize polyamory, even if one can make a logical argument that same-sex marriage somehow leads to an argument for other alternative formulations of civic unions, and b) this notion that there is a widespread wave of persons who would be interested in such an arrangement.

Interestingly, Krauthammer’s two examples are fictional: the aforementioned TV series and a movie about two men in love with the same woman.

I could be radically wrong here, but I just don’t see any potential groundswell of support for plural marriage.

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3 Responses to “More Polygamy”

Jay Says:
March 17th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
We like the idea of Heinleinesque line marriages. High praise is when we identify another person or couple as one we’d want in such a line marriage with us.

But we have hippy tendencies that way, so hey.
A Stitch in Haste Says:
March 17th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
On Krauthammer on Polygamy

I have previously explained why the “gay marriage demands polygamy” thesis is invalid.

But let’s use
Jan Says:
March 17th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
You mean you don’t want 5 wives and 15+ children? What’s wrong with you?

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