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

[bear@pagansexcult.org]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007, Kelly Cookson wrote:

> >I don't think it's consistent with history to expect that
> >this kind of effort and resource allocation will be done
> >in the absence of an immediate requirement, in the form
> >of a lot of plural unions.

> There are right wing think tanks, several of them, that
> bring together conservative politicians and academics to
> try and figure out strategies for changing laws to fit
> their agenda. Sometimes they even craft bills, slip them
> to legislative friends, and work with lobbyists to >get
> them passed.

Oh.  So you're not talking about normal legislative process
and planning; you're talking about hirelings doing what they
are hired to do.

Sure, you could convene the think tanks and lobbyists
yourself, if, like those right wing republicans (and a few
others) you're willing to pay them. That's entirely outside
the question of how such things come to be as a result of
society's actual need.

But, should we find our pockets deep enough to do it, it
might be a good strategy.

                                Bear