[UUPoly-L] Are polyfolk elite? was RE: UUPoly-L Digest, Vol 25, Issue 6

["Earth Father" <earthfather@cfnc.us>]

> -----Original Message-----
> David VanHorn wrote:
> 
> >
> > > PS:  Alan and I staffed a Family Tree booth at Transcending
> > > Boundaries and handed out FT flyers, SFLDEF flyers, and UUPA flyers .
> > > . . right across the way from the Unitarian Church of Worcester.  One
> > > woman objected to a sentence in the "Polyamory in Liberal Religion"
> > > flyer because she said it seemed elitist . . . it noted that polys
> > > tend to be professionals and well educated folks.

I'm not so sure that is all that true anymore.  I have attended or known about
various poly events that were populated by many folks who were lower
socio-economic class, and not by choice-- they had limited education, and were
not part of anyone's concept of "elite".  I have found folks like this in
Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Texas, and other "Heartland" areas.

Nor are such folks necessarily liberal; here in the DC area, polyfolk are as
likely to be libertarian, or even just plain right-wing conservative, as they
are to be tree-hugging liberals.

The poly "movement" may have started with
counter-cultural/pagan/liberal/nonconforming types, but things have spread
quite far beyond that at this point.  

Michael Rios