That many people think that since I’m hard on crime, that I’m a Republican. Gosh, people want things to be so simple. But life is messy. Life is complex. Life does not have Hollywood endings. First, I am not a Republican. That’s a proposition that shocks my conscience. I’m a liberal. I was registered Independent for a LONG time, but I got tired of not getting to vote in the primaries. So, I changed it up. I believe gays should be able to married. I think women should get equal pay for equal work. I think there should be a safety net for our nation’s most vulnerable. If welfare for women and children should be limited, so should corporate welfare. Thanks to the intelligence of a friend. I now think that multi-national corporations should be prohibited. I’ve always thought that big corporation should have all the drawbacks and disadvantages of personhood like the rest of us do, not just the advantages. I think there should be affirmative action for many years to come…maybe as long as slavery lasted in America (256 years: 1609-1865). I think women should be able to sell their bodies if they want to. Sex education in the schools should start in Kindergarten. No religion in school. No religion in any place to do with public funding and functions. (i.e., the First Amendment). I think the ecology is more important than money. I HATE Wal-Mart. Now if that’s not liberal I don’t know what is. I just hate crime. Let the guilty criminals BURN.
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I agree with most of your listed beliefs. However, I'm not a fan of affirmative action; and I'm not white. I just believe that jobs should be filled by the most qualified people who apply. If certain minorities aren't applying, that's their problem.
Also, I don't hate Wal-Mart. They can be a lifesaver at midnight when you have an emergency.
My main issue with them, however, is the number of unprofessional morons that they employ.
Oh, and a lot of the customers are pretty unnerving as well.
I will support you in lawfully permitting same-sex marriage, if you will support my being lawfully polygynous.
One issue at a time… I’m gay and I’m tired of people trying to link up polygamy or what have you with the issue of same sex marriage. Polygamy is a whole different bird. It’s difficult enough dealing with two people and then splitting belonging between them when the relationship ends. I’m liberal so I don’t have a problem with polygamy. I think with the high number of women to men…it may actually be a good idea (provided its practice correctly…you don’t take on more women than you can support EQUALLY!)
I believe the main reason we don’t practice polygamy in our society is because it’s not pragmatic. Notwithstanding the issue of follow the model of the ancient Romans and moral issues with modern Christianity…polygamy doesn’t deal with modern times.
The ancient practiced polygamy as a sign of wealth! The more women you had as a symbol of your power. While polygamy is practiced in most of the world as it was in ancient times, only the minority wealthy practice. Polygamy states that you have to treat all women equal! That mean that if you already have a wife, your taking a second wife doesn’t negatively affect her and that the second wife is taken care of just as well as the first.
The other reason polygamy was practiced was because women were thought of as object and not truly individuals. Women couldn’t work or care for themselves. Women were at the mercy of men. It would be better to share a man with another woman than be destitute and homeless…maybe even forced into prostitution.
The simple fact of the matter is that most people aren’t mature enough or rich enough to practice polygamy. You have men that can’t or won’t take care of one woman and her children. Why add more to that situation. Another matter of fact thing is that we are already practicing polygamy! When you see people talking about baby’s daddy or baby’s mama…what’s that?! Bill sleeps with Sarah and gets her pregnant. He takes care of her and the baby limitedly. Then he repeats the cycle with Aquanesha, and Moniqua. Then he goes back and forth amongst his (wives)…isn’t that a form of polygamy?
Walmart is one of those love hate relationships. I love their low prices but I heat how they treat their workers. Right now they are trying to play PR with talk about entering the inner city and such. B.S! They didn’t care about the cities in the 90’s or just 5yrs ago…now all of a sudden they care?! However, it’s difficult to boycott them. I need my money. Maybe some people don’t need their and are able to spend more on the ideals of fairness and equality. I agree but, I guess I’m not as committed because of the strength of my pocketbook…
Lord help me... here goes the insane comments once again when the topic of same sex marriage is brought up... polygamy... you know what? I could care less if Joe Blow down the street had 1 wife or 1 husband or 50 of them!! I do not have to answer for Joe Blow's life or life choices, just my own. I wish to God that people would stop harping on other people how to live their lives!! Worry about your own life. From experience, it's the people who preach to others on how to live their life, who actually have the most work to do on their OWN life.
To argue same sex marriage should be permitted but not polygamy is not intellectually honest. The operative word is "marriage" and its common legal definition - as between one man and one woman. If we are willing to expand that definition to mean a union between two people (no matter the sex), why not remove the quantifier (i.e., two). Lets define marriage as a union (including economic) between two or more people. The economic argument that it is more expensive to support two women (why not to support two or more men?)is a red herring. The writer correctly observes that there are those (male and female, albeit more males) who do not support their spouses or their children. But that is a separate and distinct issue. Surely the writer is not proposing an economic (means)test for marriage, whether it be between a man and a woman or other type union. I do not think it's fair or equitable that same sex marriage would be allowed but a loving, supportive, and (if the writer insists) financially secure polygamous marriage be excluded. Finally, polygamy does not state you have to treat women equally (and why women? why not men?). The American Heritage Dictionary defines polygamy as "... having more than one spouse at one time." Black's Law Dictionary defines itas .. "having several wives or husbands at the same time ...." Let's just be intellectually honest if we want to change the definition of marriage - all i'm saying.
I’m being intellectually honest. The specific definition of polygamy is one than one spouse as stated. However, that doesn’t mean that’s all there is to it. We have to view things with an intellectual mind and be critical historically.
Yes, I am in favor of their being an economic qualifier for polygamy. Maybe that should be the case with traditional marriage too. However, we have to take each issue separately. Historically in all or most culture that practice or have practiced polygamy there was an economic qualifier. I’m an African-American and I believe in the connection of our heritage and legacy with our African origins. From my personal studies I have learned that polygamy in African was the norm and not the exception, unlike other cultures. It was almost expected that men get another wife. However, this was prudent upon their being able to care for the second or third and do so equally. This is to insure equality and economic stability.
So you see I’m not playing favorites in this issue over the role of marriage in a society. I am remaining faithful to the actual guidelines shown in other societies.
It is simply not feasible for there to be a practice of polygamy in our current society. That is not to say this will always be the case. There would have to be many different adjustments to make polygamy feasible and economically stable to the society in whole. I don’t necessarily have a moral issue with the practice of polygamy unlike other Christians. As a critical thinker, I am aware that polygamy was practice by the patriarch of old from who we have received our spiritual heritage. However, they had issues with polygamy as there are in monogamous marriage.
The fact of the matter is when you put two people in a situation they are not going to always agree and that introduces conflict in their association with each other. When you add two, three, or four more people to the mixture that just multiplies obstacle always present with monogamous marriage.
Let’s just see some issues that could arise.
1. When you divorce there is the issue of spousal and or child support. If there are three people and one leave who was taking care of the house. Do the other two have to pay that person spousal and child support? Do the children belong to all the people who were in that marriage? Does the better mother as judge by the court get to claim all or any children from the marriage to rise? If the entire marriage splits do all three get child rights?
2. Does the wife or husband have any control over the other/other’s bringing another person in the marriage or have a second marriage all together?
3. Does the husband/wife have sexual access to any of the adults in the marriage?
4. Does the insurance of one spouse have to legally cover all children and adults in the marriage?
5. Can you legally marry as many people as you want even though your finances only allow you to afford a two bedroom living space? Will laws that dictate non-relatives to a certain number living in a unit be suspended with there being three women with the opportunity for multiple pregnancies be suspended?
6. Do one spouse have the ability to divorce another spouse with or with out the consent of other spouses?
7. Does one spouse have control over their own earnings or is whatever they make considered community property before and after marriage?
I believe this shows that I’m being very intellectual on this matter. Some would say these are extreme examples. However, they are feasible and valid examples. These are the same issues addressed in monogamous marriage. With polygamous marriage these issues would not vanish. Polygamous marriage can work. However, there does have to be set rules this is the case in societies that do practice it. “Big Love,” the show on HBO which shows a modern polygamous household is an example of polygamous marriage working. However, even there, there are numerous issues and obstacles. In reality, I don’t know how serious minded heterosexual men would want to be saddled with that obligation and responsibility. Then there’s the matter of being surrounded with all that estrogen. Men understand how interesting it is to get along with ONE woman….imagine having to get along with three different women? Not including your daughters, if you have some. These are issues I don’t believe most people think about. In fairness these are issues that people in monogamous marriage don’t think about.
Girl, you know you love Republicans. Especially when they come in a cute little Melungeon package like me :)
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