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Poll: Should polygamy be legalised?
View Poll Results: Should it be?
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yes
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 5/20/2012
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being gay isn't anywhere near the same as being polygamous but i'm all for it being legalized, it's not really my cup of T but if other people are down why not let them??
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Member Since: 4/14/2011
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Absolutely, as long as all the parties are of age and have agreed I do not see any issue with it.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
Posts: 9,301
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I think this would be a real mess...
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Polygamy would **** up and make all of the tax/legal things super difficult
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Originally posted by Idontcareaboutyou
No one is polygamous by birth.
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Originally posted by Outlaws
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Originally posted by Zhuge Liang
It doesn't affect me whatsoever, I don't care if it should be legalized or not. Though I don't support polygamy and gay, so I maybe I am a hypocrite. But I'm from a Muslim-majority country most are straight and don't practice/support polygamy either.
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Originally posted by Darren-5-08
I think the state needs to reintroduce the importance of marriage between two people and stop undermining it as a traditional concept when its importance in civil life, including the raising of children, has been proven time and time again.
My reluctance to this stems from the fact that I can't help but see this as another way of undermining marriage.
I guess, by all means, live with as many people as you want. But it shouldn't be recognised civilly or legally, especially given state incentives and benefits that can come with marriage.
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Originally posted by Yves
Probably not and I'm not gay.
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Originally posted by accelgors
no. a large majority of polygamous marriages are a result of some kind of abuse, manipulation, or extortion. it's not something we should be encouraging.
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Originally posted by Otter
Love exist between people. It bonds family, it bonds close friends.
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Originally posted by fememeist
this is ********. this makes love less special. love is supposed to be an exclusive action between two people's bond anyone coming in between that can **** themselves off
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All the anti-polygamy, polygamphobia in here. How are you guys any different than the people who tried to prevent gay marriage passing? If 5 people love each other, want to marry each other, and consent to marrying each other, then why shouldn't they be able to do it? For all we know people could be born polygamous.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
Posts: 3,885
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Sure. I dont really understand marrying more than one person at a time, and i would never do it but if you can make it work, why the hell not lol
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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LGBT supporters should be polygamous biggest supporters, not their biggest critics. Polygamous are people too and they shouldn't be denied rights because of people's bigoted opinions on what a marriage should be. In fact, though LGBT supporters may not agree polygamy or incest, if love and consenting adults are the only qualifications for marriage, as many LGBT claim, then it is a little hypocritical to deny people the very "rights" you claimed were for everybody.
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Member Since: 3/1/2012
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Originally posted by loveless
All the anti-polygamy, polygamphobia in here. How are you guys any different than the people who tried to prevent gay marriage passing? If 5 people love each other, want to marry each other, and consent to marrying each other, then why shouldn't they be able to do it? For all we know people could be born polygamous.
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I did say I'm indifferent towards it. The difference between me and those "who tried to prevent gay marriage passing" is that I'm not and won't go out and protest against it/get in other people's business.
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Member Since: 3/1/2012
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Originally posted by loveless
LGBT supporters should be polygamous biggest supporters, not their biggest critics. Polygamous are people too and they shouldn't be denied rights because of people's bigoted opinions on what a marriage should be. In fact, though LGBT supporters may not agree polygamy or incest, if love and consenting adults are the only qualifications for marriage, as many LGBT claim, then it is a little hypocritical to deny people the very "rights" you claimed were for everybody.
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Except incest is not a sexual orientation.
I see what point you're trying to make here. Why do Christians go to the doctor when they can just pray? If we want to go to that direction
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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No.
The whole point of marriage is uniting your life and destiny with the one person you fell in love. It's a symbol of commitement.
If you wanna fool around with as many persons as you can just don't get married.
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Originally posted by Zhuge Liang
I did say I'm indifferent towards it. The difference between me and those "who tried to prevent gay marriage passing" is that I'm not and won't go out and protest against it/get in other people's business.
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You said that you didn't support polygamy, which makes you a polygmaphobe by ATRL standards.
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Originally posted by Zhuge Liang
Except incest is not a sexual orientation.
I see what point you're trying to make here. Why do Christians go to the doctor when they can just pray? If we want to go to that direction
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According to whom? I doubt people choose to be attracted their mother, father, sister, son, etc. I doubt they choose be outcasted and looked down upon for something they likely don't even want themselves. If they didn't choose to be the way they are, then doesn't that mean that being incestuous is "who they really are". As long as their not hurting anybody else, shouldn't they be allowed to be themselves and live life without incestophobes trying deny them basic human rights, such as the right to be with and marry who ever they want?
I thought this was the whole LGBT argument. Perhaps I'm wrong though
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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No.
To all the people saying affirming this idea, please explain to me how this would actually work in legislation. This is not comparable to same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage was the opening of monogamous marriage to members of the same sex. Polygamous marriage is an entirely different animal.
Polygamous marriages would entirely complicate how custody would work and the complication of legal benefits from a marriage would be expedited in a way that is unprecedented. Further, divorces would become hella messy with the legalization of polygamous marriage.
It's not just an issue of love. Marriage is a way to receive tax benefits, and polygamy would massively **** with that and there's no easy fix to that.
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Member Since: 8/4/2012
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Member Since: 3/1/2012
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Originally posted by loveless
You said that you didn't support polygamy, which makes you a polygmaphobe by ATRL standards.
According to whom? I doubt people choose to be attracted their mother, father, sister, son, etc. I doubt they choose be outcasted and looked down upon for something they likely don't even want themselves. If they didn't choose to be the way they are, then doesn't that mean that being incestuous is "who they really are". As long as their not hurting anybody else, shouldn't they be allowed to be themselves and live life without incestophobes trying deny them basic human rights, such as the right to be with and marry who ever they want?
I thought this was the whole LGBT argument. Perhaps I'm wrong though
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If homosexuality is right, why is zoophilia/incest wrong?
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-homosex...ral-standpoint
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...1101258AAF6TZu
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Member Since: 10/19/2010
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Yes, let people live and love how they want to.
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Originally posted by Bloo
No.
To all the people saying affirming this idea, please explain to me how this would actually work in legislation. This is not comparable to same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage was the opening of monogamous marriage to members of the same sex. Polygamous marriage is an entirely different animal.
Polygamous marriages would entirely complicate how custody would work and the complication of legal benefits from a marriage would be expedited in a way that is unprecedented. Further, divorces would become hella messy with the legalization of polygamous marriage.
It's not just an issue of love. Marriage is a way to receive tax benefits, and polygamy would massively **** with that and there's no easy fix to that.
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Perhaps legislation is polygamphobic in nature. Maybe we should change it.
No, same-sex marriage opened the door for every marriage to be recognized under the law so long as it consists of consenting adults. The idea of a marriage only being between two people is as ridiculous as it only being between a man and woman, if love is the standard. Who's to say that 13 people can't love each other just as much as 2 people? And why should polygamous rights be withheld because there isn't an "easy" fix? I doubt anybody here would be satisfied by those responses if they were directed at gay marriage before it passed, because they don't answer the obvious question: what makes polygamy wrong?
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Originally posted by Zhuge Liang
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I briefly skimmed every link and couldn't find a good explanation why adults who love each other shouldn't be allowed to get married. Maybe you can quote the responses that did, as many of the links had multiple pages of comments.
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Member Since: 4/6/2014
Posts: 6,438
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Sure, why not? People get married to objects all the time.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 3,237
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Nahhh bcz it would be missused by cults . Then again its already abused among cult followers so idk. I don't have firm opinion on that subject ngl
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 12,539
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Of course it should
You can do whatever you want with your ****ing sexual/sentimental life, if it's consensual, it's all OKAY.
And if you don't like it, then don't live that way.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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