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.
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.
Comment by Jay — Friday, March 17, 2024 @ 5:47 pm
On Krauthammer on Polygamy
I have previously explained why the “gay marriage demands polygamy” thesis is invalid.
But let’s use
Trackback by A Stitch in Haste — Friday, March 17, 2024 @ 7:38 pm
You mean you don’t want 5 wives and 15+ children? What’s wrong with you?
Comment by Jan — Friday, March 17, 2024 @ 11:03 pm