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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 852747" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>It is not against the law for a man or woman to have sex with, or even live with, someone other than their "legal" spouse. Nor is it against the law for the 3 or 4 or 5 or more of them to live in the same home in a manner consistent with their religious beliefs. The only thing that is against the law is for a person to be <em>legally married</em> to multiple spouses at the <em>same time</em>.</p><p></p><p>As an issue of <em>economic fairness</em>, it <em>would</em> be wrong for those who choose "plural marriages" to receive the same Social Security or pension benefits as a couple, since there would be multiple beneficiaries instead of a single one.</p><p></p><p>While I personally find plural marriages to be disgusting, chauvanist and degrading to the women involved (would the men allow the women to have "brother husbands?") I would not object to some sort of recognition of them as civil unions <em>provided that the payouts for Social Security and pensions were reduced accordingly to reflect the disparity of what is being paid into the system vs. what is withdrawn from it. </em>As with gay marriages or civil unions, <strong>my own personal/religious beliefs should not entitle me to insist that our government practice economic discrimination against those whose beliefs conflict with my own.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 852747, member: 14668"] It is not against the law for a man or woman to have sex with, or even live with, someone other than their "legal" spouse. Nor is it against the law for the 3 or 4 or 5 or more of them to live in the same home in a manner consistent with their religious beliefs. The only thing that is against the law is for a person to be [I]legally married[/I] to multiple spouses at the [I]same time[/I]. As an issue of [I]economic fairness[/I], it [I]would[/I] be wrong for those who choose "plural marriages" to receive the same Social Security or pension benefits as a couple, since there would be multiple beneficiaries instead of a single one. While I personally find plural marriages to be disgusting, chauvanist and degrading to the women involved (would the men allow the women to have "brother husbands?") I would not object to some sort of recognition of them as civil unions [I]provided that the payouts for Social Security and pensions were reduced accordingly to reflect the disparity of what is being paid into the system vs. what is withdrawn from it. [/I]As with gay marriages or civil unions, [B]my own personal/religious beliefs should not entitle me to insist that our government practice economic discrimination against those whose beliefs conflict with my own.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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