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To: Katelew who wrote (112235)	5/29/2009 7:15:11 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541990

I guess. Not my hot button. Polygamize away America. Polygamy is probably a lot more trouble than its worth. I thought you were saying Tim was agreeing with you. It appeared differently to me, but that may have just been my quick reading and the apparent connection where there seemed to be none. In an earlier post to Allen (Cogito) I said that the property rights of polygamy are more difficult, and were more suited to incorporation. People can live a lifestyle now of polygamy and suffer no ill effect legally. It just won't be recognized, but then I'm not in favor of recognizing marriage, only partnerships or civil unions between pairs of adults as a way of encouraging resource conservation and social networks. Even then, I only care that rights are conferred because certain rights are conferred upon "marrieds".

To: Katelew who wrote (112235)	5/29/2009 10:04:04 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541990

I agree that it creates something of a legal precedent, but I think the practical politics means we just won't see legal recognition of, and general acceptance of polygamy, whatever the theoretical legal precedent. In practice the courts will only stray so far from accepted political views. They might impose the view of a significant minority on the majority, but they are relatively unlikely to impose the views of tiny minority, esp. without overwhelming constitutional support for the idea. And if they do you are likely to see amendments, or perhaps appointment of new judges who will overturn the old decisions. So at least for a few generations, and perhaps for an extremely long and indefinite amount of time, I don't think we have to worry about the courts requiring recognition of polygamy. For that matter even if they do, its not exactly the end of the world to me. I wouldn't actually call for the recognition of either same sex one on one marriage, or polygamy, but I'm not going to fight either of them that hard, and I don't think either would be a major disaster if it happened.