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Moloch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:45 AM Original message |
Polygamists fight to decriminalize bigamy |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Stop them! They're Republican and they're breeding |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. C'mon and legalize Polyandry too. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Polygamy means multiple spouses. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. "...you say tomato, and I say tomato...you say potato, and I say potato... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Sometimes it's not good to have information... |
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Show_Me _The_Truth (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. Thanks to you too. |
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Show_Me _The_Truth (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. Thanks for teaching me a new word. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks to these winners (and other LDS fundies) |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. I hope this works... |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. There was a documentary on CNN I think, about these nuts |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. This story has little to do with the fringe bunch and the CNN documentary. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. If polygamy is legalized, what next? Gay marriage? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. I just want to say... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Will a woman be able to have 4 husbands???or at least 2??? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. You're thinking of (medieval) Islam, friend. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. More on Warren Jeffs, Hilldale, and Fundamentalist Mormons |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. All so Jeffs and other 'pious' members of his flock can live a |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. on YOUR tax money |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. This is the stuff that is truly horrifying. Families torn apart, children abandoned |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. This seems to be totally beside the point... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. Captain Spaulding: Let's get married! |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. That's big of all of us. |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. Just so long as everyone is of legal age |
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jackster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. AND that they don't look to the government |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. +1 |
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sugapablo (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Ding ding ding! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. As much as I despise religious-based polygamy... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. kudos for your forbearance |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. What if you were in an accident? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Fortunately, I don't live in the middle ages |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. Do you suppose a lot of these women are closet lesbians? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It's not like that |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. 21 children - 1 father? He must make a nice income.... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Many of them: We are |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. yes, we are paying for them with tax dollars |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. We can't accept that. Next thing you know, people will demand GAY MARRIAGE! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sexist and Chauvinistic. I will always oppose the creation of harems. (nt) |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I know some polyamorous men... |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Wow. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I never said polyamory should be illegal - where did I write that? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. Well I want polygamy to *stay* illegal. It has no place in the modern world. (nt) |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. Plural wives pass themselves off as single mothers in order to... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. playing both sides of the game |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
30. It's like the drug trade: |
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E-Z-B (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Polygamy is a bad idea for the economy |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-25-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
78. Generally the wives wouldn't be |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
37. Although polygamists proclaim equality for women, I have no |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. polyamorists proclaim equality for women too |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I Wouldn't Say Legalize It |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Good point! I agree on that. To do otherwise is unfair (n/t) |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. tax breaks for dependants |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Have It Your Way, Then |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. whatever that is |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. There's many a divorced parent paying support and |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I got no beef with you! |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Eeeeiuw, I don't even want to go there! ;-) |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. It's Not Just the Children, But Also Wives |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. The way it was explained to me about 20 years ago. . . . |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 05:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Amen. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Excuse the fuck outta me... |
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bunyip (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. The bigotry in this thread is very embarrassing. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thank you |
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bunyip (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Thanks, bb! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Bigotry Against Something That Is Used as a Form of Slavery in the US? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Me too.... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 02:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Then ban marriage... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Apparently I'm wired same as you and... |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Very well said. nt |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. For my part, I'm trying to delineate the differences |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. Here's a dollar. Buy a clue with it. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. This has nothing to do with Mormon. I'm not Mormon .... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 01:02 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I still find this bizarre |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-24-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Wait a minute... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. There's a whole can of worms waiting to be released. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Bingo! |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-22-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. As long as brainwashed underage girls aren't involved I have no problem with it. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yet they oppose gay marriage... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-23-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
58. Free choice for all adults |
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