Re: Were any of you aware of the Santorum google thing
Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]>
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On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Sure, if we look at marriage as a sort of "anything goes", whatever an > >individual wants to do, without considering societal ramifications. > Have we proven polygamy has negative societal ramifications? My gut > reaction is that is problematic... but should laws be based in "gut > reactions"? > Not yours. ;) Look up polygamy and the "problematic" aspects of it regarding women and children. > >I think there is a reason western civilization moved beyond it. > Besides religious reasons... this is? I think one of the reasons western civilization has succeeded is the family unit of a married couple and their children. Anything divergent from that and you're asking for trouble. This has been confirmed by studies regarding divorces, mothers with live-in boyfriends, single mothers -- all of these have a negative effect on children and, by extension, society. -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot