devilgrrl
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:21 PM
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Hey polygamists! Go ahead, marry 15 people! I'm not paying for your kids! |
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Edited on Mon Mar-07-05 02:22 PM by devilgrrl
Fine, you want 120 spouses and 3,000 children, you fuckin' pay for it!
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:23 PM
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1. At least we found a compromise! |
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People can marry whoever they want and have as many children as they want as long as they are responsible and behave that way.
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Atman
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:23 PM
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2. Where the hell did THIS come from? |
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I mean, other than left field?
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:25 PM
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elehhhhna
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:27 PM
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4. "Bleeding the Beast" part of polygamists relig. doctrine, sorta: |
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It means taking whatever you can get from the evil secular government.
Guy married one woman, has a job & 2-3 kids. Unofficially "marries" several other women, has kids with each, and uses welfare to pay for all the extra familie's expenses.
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:35 PM
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5. A Good Book About Polygamy |
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is John Krakauer's "Under The Banner Of Heaven"
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elehhhhna
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:49 PM
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7. Yes! Great book! The Polys are now moving to Eldorado TX |
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Edited on Mon Mar-07-05 02:49 PM by elehhhhna
btw, wherever that is. Baptists aint gonna stand for it. Should be interestin'. TX is waaaaaaaaaaaay more Southern than Western, imho.
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Mon Mar-07-05 04:01 PM
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11. Couldnt the state sue for child support on their behalf? |
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Mon Mar-07-05 02:42 PM
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6. Reminds me of a case in Montana |
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There is a religious group up there, similar to the Amish, which lives in a communal system. Church members are not allowed personal property, everything is signed over to the church. Recently some have tried to get medicaid and welfare from the state, which turned them down on the basis that their church was rich and should look after them.
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Mon Mar-07-05 03:08 PM
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8. I heard about this on NPR. The community is rich but the individual people |
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in it are poor. Should be an interesting case to watch.
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Mon Mar-07-05 03:25 PM
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10. And it is still being litigated... |
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Going to be an interesting outcome. The state is trying to take away the social safety net based on belonging to the commune though the women being refused services have no control over the commune assets (its that kind of commune)
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Mon Mar-07-05 04:08 PM
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13. They can just leave the commune (that appears to be stealing their money) |
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and they'll have no problem getting their access back to the safety net.
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Mon Mar-07-05 06:25 PM
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14. Exactly, w4rma. Communes organized like this are to take care |
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of their members, and if they don't, the members need to leave and/or sue for suppport or return of some communal property.
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Mon Mar-07-05 06:35 PM
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15. what if a polygamist actually support its families, |
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would polygamy be okay then?
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