Gay Marriage and Polygamy
I don’t exactly agree with every sentiment expressed by Charles Krauthammer here, but I do appreciate his basic point. If gay marriage is deemed permissible, then our society has no basis to outlaw polygamy.
A new HBO program, Big Love, is about a modern, suburban, renegade Mormon, polygamous family. I haven’t seen it. It’s brand spanking new. But according to Krauthammer, it is sparking discussion.
Gay marriage proponents will note that traditional marriage has two components:
1) Two individuals
2) Opposite gender
They propose that the #2 component is arbitrary. But if that is the case, then who can say that #1 is not arbitrary as well?
And quite honestly, while I believe that Natural Law indicates marriage should be one man and one woman, there is a whole lot more historical precedent for polygamy than there is for gay marriage.
Polygamy is fine with me. So it is gay marriage. But white on white!! That is an outrage.
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Petersen
18 Mar 06 at 10:07 pm
Thanks for the heads up on this one. We just happened to have a free Cinemax/HBO weekend through Dish Network while being snowed in this past couple of days.
I walked into the living room and my husband had just turned to this program. I was able to tell him I saw what it concerned on your blog … after a handful of minutes he saw for himself why he should turn the channel.
This Pastor's Wife
22 Mar 06 at 3:03 pm