In my post about the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to legalize homosexual marriage, I asked what legal objection there could now be to polygamy. Some may have thought that far-fetched, but check out the links in this posting from the BeliefNet blog.
A Canadian writes:
Those opposed to gay marriage said in 2004/2005 that if Canada allowed gay marriage then polygamy would follow. People who said that, like myself were called bigots, obviously detached from reality. Today we have had polygamy endorsed as inevitable by The Ottawa Citizen newspaper ("Sure, it strikes many people as a weird arrangement, but so did gay marriage -- which is now legal. Again, it's about consenting adults."), it gets op-eds endorsing it from law professors at top schools ("The Criminal Code's polygamy section, from its inception through its bizarre history of virtual non-use, has always been shrouded in an aura of xenophobia (note: xenophobia; a fear of foreigners or strangers) and racism."), judges are deeming the practice of polygamy to be immaterial to an immigration application, and Ontario our largest province is granting polygamous men welfare benefitsand recognizing multiple marriages in family law.
Can Iowa and the USA be very far behind? I think not.
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