Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: the G-man

You might recall conservatives fretting that a recognition of gay marriage could soon lead to legalizing polygamy and incest. Those concerns were typically scoffed at by liberals.


Associated Press :
  • Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties on Saturday hailed a federal judge's ruling that key parts of Utah's polygamy laws are unconstitutional, saying it will remove the threat of arrest for those families.

    U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said in the decision handed down Friday that a provision in Utah law forbidding cohabitation with another person violated the First Amendment right of freedom of religion.


This ruling has no connection to the theory that you had previously put forth. The judge did not rule either bigamy nor polygamy legal. He just said that the state of Utah can't make people shacking up together who aren't married to each other illegal. You still can't be legally married to more than one person. Using the legalization of gay marriage doesn't seem to be a factor in this case as much as is just the right of the people to keep and overbearing government out of their private business.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."