(07-03-2013, 02:20 PM)Jester Wrote:(07-03-2013, 01:31 PM)eppie Wrote: No, and that is why we don't choose to check every single 'normal marriage' to see if both people really really really consent.
Convenient for mono people, they get a free pass on whether their marriage is sufficiently equal, whether or not it actually is. So much the worse for poly people, that without exception, they are forbidden, because there is a chance it might not be equal.
Quote:(and I don't think the 4 girls mentioned are particularly harmed they can't get married all together, I guess they are happy enough just living together)
I'm glad you're good enough at reading minds, that you can check if people you'd forbid to get married are "happy enough" without that right. What if they aren't? Or, if they are, what about another group that isn't?
-Jester
Jester, you are behaving like you are in a pissing contest discussion. You discuss because the fun of it. You mix theory and practice when it comes convenient to you.
Allow polygamy? That means you will also allow 73 women and 85 men to get married right? And what would that mean? I guess that would make things easy right? And would people who want to marry 458 others at the same time be interested in the law regarding marrying or just living together?
About your comment that a polygamous marriage has a chance to be unequal. Please phrase differently; it has a chance of being equal, but it likely isn't and without some religious conviction it is not worth fighting for.
(and if it is; please let them go ahead....I will support those 4 girls for their specific case, but let's not let some theoretic whining allow people who think women are second class citizen to have their way.)