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re: TOS: Where is all the love for the SCOTUS decision?
Posted on 6/30/15 at 12:28 pm to DawgsOnTopOfYou
Posted on 6/30/15 at 12:28 pm to DawgsOnTopOfYou
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Polygamy won't be allowed because massive families that are incredibly more difficult to support would arguably not only put the family in a bad situation, but also but a large burden on the state to support them.
But this argument falls apart when you consider that there are no barriers to allowing extremely poor people to get married (nor should there be). Those that support the federal government mandating all states to allow gay marriage are going to have to do some pretty serious mental gymnastics to argue against the same rights being given to polygamists.
Again, to rehash my position, I'm not against gay marriage or even polygamy being legal. However I don't think the court's argument passes constitutional muster.
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Posted on 6/30/15 at 12:35 pm to Dawg in Beaumont
To that, I would just say that you have to have a constitutional reason to alter the default position of marriage. Valid arguments can be mustered against polygamy. Primarily it would be the much increased likelihood of negative results, including state support, foreseeable issues resulting from divorce, states having to raise kids, etc. All the Court needs is convincing argument against. I think that is much easier to make against polygamy than it is same sex marriage.
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