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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 858568" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>From the article:</p><p>"Kody Brown is legally married to only one wife; the three others are his "spiritual wives." But the law says it's a crime if a married person purports to marry or cohabits with another person."</p><p></p><p>Comparing gay marriage with bigamy, or polygamy, or bestiality is nothing more than a red herring designed to target peoples predjudices.</p><p></p><p>While I personally find the lifestyle repugnant, it is no business of mine if a married man wants to cohabit with multiple women in the same home and define those women as "spritual" brides.</p><p></p><p>The only thing he should <em>not</em> be allowed to do....is to define those relationships as <em>legal </em>marriages for the purpose of pensions, tax deductions, or Social Security benefits unless some fair formula were devised for correctly reducing the amount of benefits paid out from a system that was only designed to pay benefits to a married<strong> couple</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Where this differs from gay marriages....is that a gay couple is legally forced to pay the <em>same</em> amount of money as a straight couple into a system that, by law, will pay them fewer benefits <strong>simply by virtue of the fact that the number of penises in the relationship is either two or zero instead of one.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>I support the right of any <em>church</em> to decline to recognize gay marriage, since a church is a private and voluntary organization and there are any number of churches that <em>will</em> marry gay people. And I support the right of any person to decide for themselves whether or not to personally recognize the validity of gay marriages as a matter of conscience. But is is unfair for our Federal Government to offer tax breaks and Social Security benefits to straight couples while denying them to gay couples even though both couples are involuntarily paying the<em> same </em>amount into the system.</p><p></p><p>If you dont believe in gay marriage...dont marry a gay person. If you dont believe in plural marriage...dont marry a polygamist. <strong>As long as the tax and Social Security benefits are fair and identical for all people</strong>...its nobody's business but the people who choose to be in whatever sort of marriage their personal beliefs support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 858568, member: 14668"] From the article: "Kody Brown is legally married to only one wife; the three others are his "spiritual wives." But the law says it's a crime if a married person purports to marry or cohabits with another person." Comparing gay marriage with bigamy, or polygamy, or bestiality is nothing more than a red herring designed to target peoples predjudices. While I personally find the lifestyle repugnant, it is no business of mine if a married man wants to cohabit with multiple women in the same home and define those women as "spritual" brides. The only thing he should [I]not[/I] be allowed to do....is to define those relationships as [I]legal [/I]marriages for the purpose of pensions, tax deductions, or Social Security benefits unless some fair formula were devised for correctly reducing the amount of benefits paid out from a system that was only designed to pay benefits to a married[B] couple[/B]. Where this differs from gay marriages....is that a gay couple is legally forced to pay the [I]same[/I] amount of money as a straight couple into a system that, by law, will pay them fewer benefits [B]simply by virtue of the fact that the number of penises in the relationship is either two or zero instead of one. [/B] I support the right of any [I]church[/I] to decline to recognize gay marriage, since a church is a private and voluntary organization and there are any number of churches that [I]will[/I] marry gay people. And I support the right of any person to decide for themselves whether or not to personally recognize the validity of gay marriages as a matter of conscience. But is is unfair for our Federal Government to offer tax breaks and Social Security benefits to straight couples while denying them to gay couples even though both couples are involuntarily paying the[I] same [/I]amount into the system. If you dont believe in gay marriage...dont marry a gay person. If you dont believe in plural marriage...dont marry a polygamist. [B]As long as the tax and Social Security benefits are fair and identical for all people[/B]...its nobody's business but the people who choose to be in whatever sort of marriage their personal beliefs support. [/QUOTE]
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