a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by forwardslash
forwardslash  ·  4290 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The case for polygamy

I always find it funny that the usual opposition to polygamy comes from a standpoint of the 'defense' of traditional (i.e. biblical) marriage when traditionally and biblically polygamy has been acceptable for many centuries.





humanodon  ·  4290 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Absolutely. Not to mention that "traditional" marriages still exist that is, traditional to other cultures, in the form of arranged marriages and marriages for economic purposes and Western cultures tend to look down on those practices. Not to mention that biblical marriage also includes taking a man's brother's wife as his own in the event of his brother's death and "providing her with a son" if said brother died without having one. But of course, only if the brothers "dwell on the same property."