Re: [UUPoly-L] Poly reality

["Catherine Deville" <catdeville@cox.net>]

Bill said:
> Technically, I suppose I do support their desire to have mulitiple wives
-- but 
> only equal, consenting, wives. 

And by what right do you feel it's permissible for you to divest them of
their religious freedoms, or to impose your cultural values on them?
Consensual I can get behind, but deciding that another culture or religion
can "only" exercise their religious freedoms if it doesn't offend your
sensibilities goes beyond the pale for me. 

> ...when and if we are allowed polyamorous and gender-inclusive marriage. 

Personally, I support both their right to religious freedom, and their right
to freedom of association, therefore I _have_ to support their "desire to
have multiple wives" even if it does not appear "equal" to me.  I do not
support non-consensual sexual slavery no matter how it occurs, and that's an
entirely different topic.  From my POV, one (the latter) should *always* be
illegal, the others (the right to embrace the sanctity and sacrament of
marriage with who one wills, and the freedom to have religious beliefs which
differ from the mainstream) should never be restricted by the government.
>From my POV freedom of religion, freedom of association and freedom from
sexual slavery are *all* social justice issues.

NT, 
Cat