I think it's a red herring. Monogamy without gender bias is very
different than polygamy. Gay marriage is not the same as polygamy.
However even though supremacist polygamists (they all are by the way)
meet gays with baseball bats, the powers that want to see it
legalized have no compunction about trying to mix the two things
together. The irrational thinking at hand is if they legalize gay
marriage, then we can have polygamy back and I think this power play
is coming from the Mormon Church.
The UN Commission on the Elimination of Discrimination towards Women
and Children identifies polygamy as inherently biased. How do you
care for 50 children without falling heavily on the taxpayers, living
in abject poverty or doing something illegal to get the necessary money.
At 12:25 AM 4/22/2006, you wrote:
>My boyfriend predicted the slipperly slope when Massachusetts allowed
>gay marriages, and I saw that happening, too. Unfortunately, I think
>the only way they're going to stop any of the polygamous marriages is
>via financial pressures same as the actions against the KKK and other
>supremacist groups.
>
>If I were Mr. Jeffs, I'd be putting that gaggle of girls into more
>modern clothing to escape detection.
>
>
>
>On 21 Apr 2006, at 16:13, Linda Walker wrote:
>
>Yes there is finally some movement but lots of mishandling by
>authorities as well. Tell me why our premier law enforcement the FBI
>cannot pick up a 6 1/2 foot tall man traveling around the country
>with a gaggle of girls in nineteenth century dress and a dozen armed
>bodyguards. Warren Jeffs has been on their most wanted list for over
>a year and one half and we've reported his whereabouts twice and both
>times they blew the pick up. It's distressing because every child
>inside that compound is at risk.
>
>And don't even get me started on the subtle effort to legalize
>polygamy in this country tying it to gay rights.
>
>At 09:56 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:
> > Probably not, but it may be a step in the right direction, especially
> > since the group is being pressured internally as well as externally.
> > External pressure often serves to unite fringe groups, while internal
> > conflict is more often destructive to group unity.
> >
> > Kendall=20
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Linda Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:19 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Polygamists may go the way of Al Capone
> >
> > As someone who has worked on this civil and human rights abuse
> > issue=20
> > for over twenty years I can tell you it is not that easy.
> >
> > At 05:14 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:
> > >The polygamist group in southern Utah and Northern Arizona looks like
> > it
> > >might get dismantled by state tax collectors, and internal politics.
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/us/21taxes.html?
> > _r=3D3D1&th&emc=3D3Dth=
> > &or
> > ef=3D
> > >=3D3Dsl
> > >ogin
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >Kendall=3D20
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> > >persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> > >progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
> > >-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > >
> > >=3D20
> > >
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