Re: [UUPoly-L] Open Marriage--Polyamory

["Kelly Cookson" <kc62301@hotmail.com>]

> > No, I'm not. The due diligence I am talking about concerns
> > how multi-partner marriage could cause problems because
> > our society has so entirely adapted its laws,
> > institutions, and customs to marriage between two
> > people. It could also cause problems because sexism is
> > still a reality in society at large.
>
> IOW, my objection to your argument is that it would draw the
> line against group marriages for all time.  You object to
> group marriage as incompatible with a huge number of things
> in current society that ARE NEVER GOING TO CHANGE until
> group marriage is introduced.

That's not my intention. What I want to see are think tanks or other 
mechanisms set up to spend time and brain power anticipating what the major 
problems will likely be. They should also consider how to resolve things 
with the United Nations, since the United Nations is trying to outlaw all 
polygamous marriages worldwide as part of their women's rights efforts. The 
United Nations may well start working with U.S. government agencies to 
prevent or undo the legalization of multi-partner marriage. Then, based on 
recommendations from the think tanks or other mechanisms, have groups of 
political wonks and lawyers put together a package of bills that would 
accompany the bill to legalize multi-partner marriage. The package of bills 
would be designed to prevent anticipated problems were possible and to offer 
remedies for anticipated problems deemed inevitable. At that point you would 
have completed due diligence and be ready to start social and political 
movements to get the package of bills passed in as many states as possible.

Will there still be problems? Of course. No one can anticipate everything 
that could possibly go wrong. But at least polyamorous folks will have made 
a credible and reasonable effort to limit the negative impacts. That's due 
diligence.

Is this a lot of hard work? Sure it is. But if people who want leagalized 
multi-partner marriage don't want to work hard to achieve their goal, why 
should I take it very seriously?

:-)
Kelly

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