The Joys and Sorrows of Polygamy
Polygamy may be great fun for a few, but it leaves many a man cold and alone, and this is at the root of the Jihadi culture in the Islamic World, according to William Tucker. This mirrors my own views on the matter; Islam allows a man to marry 4 women so the wealthy and powerful claim their gluttonous share at the expense of the poor working schlub. Anger at this inequity turns a blue-collar man into a red-collar Jihadist. Why not? He`s angry, has no woman to civilize him, and has nothing to lose.
According to Tucker, there is an increasing acceptance of polygamous relations in Hollywood and the related entertainment media, and this bodes ill for America`s future. This was easily predictable, and I and others did in fact predict this very thing would come out of the gay marriage movement; if we can redefine marriage for homosexuals, we certainly can redefine it for polygamists! Polygamy has a longer, more venerable historical claim, after all. There are still Mormons who practice this (in secret) despite the ban from their Church. Who are we, after all, to judge?
If Tucker is correct (and I believe he is) Polygamy, like other redefinitions of marriage, is ultimately very destructive to society and individual. We are treading on dangerous ground.
Furthermore, when is enough enough? If the same sex can marry, and we can have group marriages, what other things will come to be defined as marriage? Brother and Sister? (Well, maybe in the Ozarks) Shepherd and Sheep? A girl and her corpse (boy, her husband is really a dead-head!) There are plenty of guys who love their cars. This sounds ridiculous now, but the idea of homosexual marriage sounded ridiculous just 20 years ago; give it a few decades, and we may be asking ``who are we to judge?``
Many of our institutions exist because we have, through the course of history, found them to be the best option. Liberals hate anything traditional and venerable, and are sure they are superstitious nonsense. Are they? It never occurs to the lib that some things are there because they WORK and that monkeying with them is a terrible idea. Monogamy is one of these things-look what Polygamy has done to those nations which accept that practice.
According to Tucker, there is an increasing acceptance of polygamous relations in Hollywood and the related entertainment media, and this bodes ill for America`s future. This was easily predictable, and I and others did in fact predict this very thing would come out of the gay marriage movement; if we can redefine marriage for homosexuals, we certainly can redefine it for polygamists! Polygamy has a longer, more venerable historical claim, after all. There are still Mormons who practice this (in secret) despite the ban from their Church. Who are we, after all, to judge?
If Tucker is correct (and I believe he is) Polygamy, like other redefinitions of marriage, is ultimately very destructive to society and individual. We are treading on dangerous ground.
Furthermore, when is enough enough? If the same sex can marry, and we can have group marriages, what other things will come to be defined as marriage? Brother and Sister? (Well, maybe in the Ozarks) Shepherd and Sheep? A girl and her corpse (boy, her husband is really a dead-head!) There are plenty of guys who love their cars. This sounds ridiculous now, but the idea of homosexual marriage sounded ridiculous just 20 years ago; give it a few decades, and we may be asking ``who are we to judge?``
Many of our institutions exist because we have, through the course of history, found them to be the best option. Liberals hate anything traditional and venerable, and are sure they are superstitious nonsense. Are they? It never occurs to the lib that some things are there because they WORK and that monkeying with them is a terrible idea. Monogamy is one of these things-look what Polygamy has done to those nations which accept that practice.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:31 AM
5 Comments:
The punishment for polygamy?
Multiple mothers-in-law.
Oh, the Humanity!
Another way that the West is emulating the primitive east. And the new HBO show (which I didn't watch) is just one more way of mainstreaming this behavior. Great post.
Vox Day was having some interesting arguements for polygamy over at his blog but having been married to just one woman for so long I just tuned him out. No freakin way am I going to have more than one wife and especially more than one MIL thank you very much for that gross image Michal Morrison!
You raise some interesting points. With the Hollywood left moving to their big ranches in Utah & the state's/morman's acceptance of polygamy. We can lure both the left & the muslim extremist there & "bamo"!
You get the picture.
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