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Sturgis!? I can get half a man!?
Wow! That would really come in handy...how do they divide him though? Can someone else take him at all mealtimes? Hmmm... let me think...how could I get out of the laundry detail... OH! and he could just move on out during college football season...I could go places on weekends and there would not be a lump on the couch...
posted by
FactorFiction
on June 10, 2006 at 8:21 AM
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WOW!!!
posted by
Anony_Miss
on June 9, 2006 at 7:47 PM
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Sturgis
Seriously! Isn't one man enough irritation for any of us?? 27.5 I DON'T think so!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on June 9, 2006 at 8:02 AM
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Isn't the main arguement about homosexual marriage a direct result of
most conservatives feeling marriage should be between a man and a woman? Well, if marriage is supposed to be between a man and a woman, not one man and 27.5 women, then polygamy should not be legalized. Actually, I'm waiting to hear about 1 women having 27.5 husbands. Think we'll see that day?
posted by
Sturgis
on June 9, 2006 at 8:00 AM
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It's not my MAIN issue with polygamy...but it is something that really
stands out to me and says, "WTF?!".... it almost always seems to be some fat ass or butt ass ugly MF MAN with his gaggle of wives. Some pathetic ass never got any twat growing up trying to make up for it by "Big Love" now...found a way to get away with cheating and some dumb ass bitches to actually agree with him.... pathetic and digusting. Where are all the bitches with their gaggle of men? Don't see that....
posted by
Kiddo75
on June 9, 2006 at 7:32 AM
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afzal, I didn't mean to be insulting on any level...hope you know that. I'm
an American woman and believe in equal rights...many cultures of the world still think women are second class citizens. Women become victims to men's whims. I'm not saying that's the case in all pologamy cases, but in many cases, she's just an object or possesion. Some women buy into this because they don't know any better...they've seen their mothers and grandmothers accept it and so they do, too. Same with arranged marriages...
The question should be why can't one woman satisfy one man and vice versa? Should we give in to our animal passions and our "natural man," or should we strive to raise ourselves above human nature with God's help? Do we lower the standard of marriage because the majority can't keep their sexual apparatus in their pants, or should we strive to become beings of a higher moral standard?
Ms. Ariala is far from perfect, but I still believe in the sanctity of marriage...As far as polygamists go, I think they have a right to it, though I personally don't agree with it.
Sorry if I came across harsh. 
posted by
Ariala
on June 9, 2006 at 7:30 AM
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Have you forgotten
the horror story's with polygamy. The rapes, younger children getting married to sixty year old men. Men marrying the mother and than their daughters. SICK, SICK and even SICKER. I know their point of view is that they love everyone but come on! It's just a clan where older men get to have sex with children and have as many wives as they can to feel more powerful over woman. It should be banned and the men hanged. Ok a little too far but you asked for my opinion.
posted by
8-ball
on June 9, 2006 at 7:27 AM
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If women have the same right to take multiple husbands
as men have to take multiple wives, it's okay by me. If only men are "allowed" then it's just sexist nonsense. In the inequality, the woman is better off divorcing him, saying good riddance, and supporting herself. Of course, in areas where this is culturally ingrained, that is probably not going to be acceptable either. The woman is just screwed.
posted by
FactorFiction
on June 9, 2006 at 7:21 AM
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I said in case if she feels uncomfortable .
I think you have missed the point I did not recommend general amensty but for some who have a tilt towards polygamy . Ofcourse many women are leading a polyandrous life unofficially. If need be so there sould be some solution arrived at to remove the misgivings of Polygamy and polyandry.
posted by
afzal50
on June 9, 2006 at 7:09 AM
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Azfal
For me this is where I tend to offend people. Because I believe if all involved are consenting and happy who am I to judge?
I could not live like this, but there are people who make this work wonderfully! My hsuband says he has enough headaches with a wife and daughter plotting against him, he doesn't need anymore torture! LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on June 9, 2006 at 6:47 AM
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But men don't have to divorce their wife and yet still can marry more
than one? I've never understood this logic...but I guess it's definitely a difference in culture and beliefs. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
posted by
Ariala
on June 9, 2006 at 6:46 AM
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She can take a divorce and live separately or marry a person of her choice
posted by
afzal50
on June 9, 2006 at 6:43 AM
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One question: Are you willing for your wife to have other husbands or is
this a double standard where men and men alone can have more than one wife?
Personally, I like exclusivity and would spend the rest of my life looking for a man who could offer undying love and want only me rather than settle for a man who can't love just one woman.
posted by
Ariala
on June 9, 2006 at 6:38 AM
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