You know, oddly enough, the "slippery slope argument" DOES hold water. . .

[xiphias]

One of the arguments which people used to argue against interracial marriage was that it was a slippery slope. If you let blacks and whites marry, why, then, eventually, GAYS might be able to marry, too!

And they DID. Just two generations later!

Now people are arguing that gay marriage is going to be a slippery slope leading to allowing polygamy.

Well.

What of it? If people decide to do that, I feel confident that they will do so because they will believe that it is morally and ethically correct to do so.

Comments

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

I'm all for letting the polygamists and polyandrists marry. I agree that doing so could pose a challenge as far as insurance goes, but I think it's definitely a surmountable challenge. I also don't think many people would want to have multiple spouses. It's really a lot of work.

You know, I should set you up with some books about Utah history and the anti-polygamy movement in the 1870s-90s. A lot of fascinating and not-so-well-known stuff, a lot of parallels with Mormon polygamy to gay marriage today.

Also, we had a senator in Utah who was not allowed to take his seat in Congress because he was a polygamist back in 1890 or so.

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Sorry, this is a really pedantic thing, but polygamy is multiple marriage. Polygyny is multiple women/wives. :)

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

You're right :) I've just been working non-stop for the past 16 hours, and confused my suffixes.