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01/24/2005 Archived Entry: "Back to the well"

Posted by steve @ 03:57 AM EST [Link]

I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD ONE WIFE, LET ALONE TWO OR MORE: As you may have noticed in this week's ESR, I address the issue that's being debated up here in Canada that permitting same-sex marriages may one day lead to legalized polygamy. I know a lot of people, including the federal government, are brushing aside any notion it could happen but as I point out in the piece, a court decision in 1995 led directly to same-sex marriage cases. The same arguments for same-sex marriage are appropriate for polygamy.

At any rate, Colby Cosh also takes on the issue over at his blog in a response to an Andrew Coyne article. Well worth reading.

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I think anyone who doesn't see the connection between opening the doors to SSM and then being hounded to allow other "variations" is guilty of willful blindness. But some more news on the SSM front in Canada: apparently the military is quietly looking at having base chaplains give blessings for same-sex marriages at base chapels.

Posted by angry_in_t_o @ 01/24/2005 12:46 PM EST

Here's a piece I did on this subject some time ago:

http://www.etherzone.com/2002/antl080502.shtml

I'm not sure how I feel about the article, but I still love the headline.

Posted by W. James Antle III @ 01/26/2005 12:09 AM EST

Stealing from Sinatra! How could you! :-)

Posted by Steve Martinovich @ 01/26/2005 02:23 PM EST