{"id":5769,"date":"2013-04-26T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=5769"},"modified":"2013-04-26T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T16:28:00","slug":"the-feminist-case-for-polygamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=5769","title":{"rendered":"The Feminist Case for Polygamy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The calls for polygamy, especially<\/i> in the light of changing attitudes on same-sex marriage, are getting louder and more mainstream. Jillian Keenan writing at Slate.com, makes a feminist case for polygamy<\/a>, as well as demonstrating the slippery slope in action.<\/p>\n

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The definition of marriage is plastic. Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less \u201ccorrect\u201d than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting adults.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you don\u2019t think that same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy, you must refute her arguments that make that link. I don\u2019t have to refute them, because a) I don\u2019t<\/i> think the definition of marriage is plastic, and b) I do<\/i> think one leads to the other. If you do<\/i> think marriage should be\u2026whatever, but don\u2019t<\/i> think it leads to polygamy, you\u2019ve got your work cut out for you. But if you are up to the challenge, let me hear your argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The calls for polygamy, especially in the light of changing attitudes on same-sex marriage, are getting louder and more mainstream. Jillian Keenan writing at Slate.com, makes a feminist case for polygamy, as well as demonstrating the slippery slope in action. The definition of marriage is plastic. Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9,245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-doug","category-marriage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t