Defenders
of the family have long argued that if homosexual relationships are
given legal recognition, then there is no argument against legalising
virtually any sexual arrangement.
Now in an article for the leftwing online magazine, Slate, journalist Jillian Keenan has agreed, and has called for “marriage equality” to be broadened to include polygamy.
Keenan wrote: “While the US Supreme Court and the rest of us are all focused on the human right of marriage equality, let’s not forget that the fight doesn’t end with same-sex marriage.
“We need to legalise polygamy, too. Legalised polygamy in the United States is the constitutional, feminist, and sex-positive choice.”
She claimed that allowing a man to have several wives would help to “protect, empower, and strengthen women, children, and families.”
A key argument in her case for polygamy was “the right to choose”. For her, “prohibiting polygamy on ‘feminist’ grounds—that these marriages are inherently degrading to the women involved—is misguided.”
Rather, “the case for polygamy is, in fact, a feminist one and shows women the respect we deserve. Here’s the thing: As women, we really can make our own choices.
“We just might choose things people don’t like. If a woman wants to marry a man, that’s great. If she wants to marry another woman, that’s great too…
“And if she wants to marry a man with three other wives, that’s her d— choice.”
But Scientific American, which often pushes cultural agendas as much as scientific ideas, saw no reason to stop at polygamy.
For St Valentine’s Day it had a long article entitled, New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You.
Polyamory, it explained, “involves multiple committed relationships at once with the consent and knowledge of everyone involved.”
And even married couples, it argued, could learn from such practices.
The article quoted psychologist Bjarne Holmes that “people in these relationships really communicate. They communicate to death. All that negotiation may hold a lesson for the monogamously inclined.”
Jealousy may arise, but the jealous person “is encouraged to examine their own psyche to find out what’s bothering them and which of their needs aren’t being met. Then the pair (or triad, or quad) can negotiate boundaries.”
Writing in First Things, Princeton Professor Robert George noted that when Christians pointed out the logical link between ‘same-sex marriage’ and polygamy, proponents of ‘same-sex marriage’ rejected the connection.
They insisted that “no one is arguing for the legal recognition of polygamous or polyamorous relationships as marriages!”
But Scientific American and Slate have helped to change that. The demand for legal recognition is now in the open.
Now in an article for the leftwing online magazine, Slate, journalist Jillian Keenan has agreed, and has called for “marriage equality” to be broadened to include polygamy.
Keenan wrote: “While the US Supreme Court and the rest of us are all focused on the human right of marriage equality, let’s not forget that the fight doesn’t end with same-sex marriage.
“We need to legalise polygamy, too. Legalised polygamy in the United States is the constitutional, feminist, and sex-positive choice.”
She claimed that allowing a man to have several wives would help to “protect, empower, and strengthen women, children, and families.”
A key argument in her case for polygamy was “the right to choose”. For her, “prohibiting polygamy on ‘feminist’ grounds—that these marriages are inherently degrading to the women involved—is misguided.”
Rather, “the case for polygamy is, in fact, a feminist one and shows women the respect we deserve. Here’s the thing: As women, we really can make our own choices.
“We just might choose things people don’t like. If a woman wants to marry a man, that’s great. If she wants to marry another woman, that’s great too…
“And if she wants to marry a man with three other wives, that’s her d— choice.”
But Scientific American, which often pushes cultural agendas as much as scientific ideas, saw no reason to stop at polygamy.
For St Valentine’s Day it had a long article entitled, New Sexual Revolution: Polyamory May Be Good for You.
Polyamory, it explained, “involves multiple committed relationships at once with the consent and knowledge of everyone involved.”
And even married couples, it argued, could learn from such practices.
The article quoted psychologist Bjarne Holmes that “people in these relationships really communicate. They communicate to death. All that negotiation may hold a lesson for the monogamously inclined.”
Jealousy may arise, but the jealous person “is encouraged to examine their own psyche to find out what’s bothering them and which of their needs aren’t being met. Then the pair (or triad, or quad) can negotiate boundaries.”
Writing in First Things, Princeton Professor Robert George noted that when Christians pointed out the logical link between ‘same-sex marriage’ and polygamy, proponents of ‘same-sex marriage’ rejected the connection.
They insisted that “no one is arguing for the legal recognition of polygamous or polyamorous relationships as marriages!”
But Scientific American and Slate have helped to change that. The demand for legal recognition is now in the open.
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