>Without getting unduly personal, let's say that I have a stake in that question being resolved. I know several triples living quietly among us; they face the same kind of problems (child custody, hospital visitation, inheritance rights) as same-sex couples faced prior to this decision.
I made that argument to a couple of friends - that they were not fighting for equality (which will be fairly easy to set up) but for inclusion in the privileged club. They responded with "Well marriage is between couples, but defining the sex of the participants is discriminatory".
One of the problems with polygamy/andry is that we could hollow out the lower social classes of mating opportunities (it happens in india and china right now due to girl infanticide and it is not pretty).
Worth noting that at least one of the triples I referred to is a woman and two men. At least one is a man and two women. I'm being vague here, because bigamy is a felony.
We really have quite a long way to go on this front.
> I'm being vague here, because bigamy is a felony.
I'm sure your vagueness is really slowing down the investigative arm of law enforcement that normally goes around searching the internet for evidence of dastardly polys.
> One of the problems with polygamy/andry is that we could hollow out the lower social classes of mating opportunities
Let's not bring up the argument of legislating for maximal gene propagation, unless you're willing to ban all forms of marriage that don't serve maximal gene propagation. Fertility tests before marriage! No marriage among the elderly, because what's the point! Let's set up a new 3-letter agency for matchmaking!
Marriage is not a government mechanism to encourage mating. Stop trying to put government in the business of animal husbandry. We're not animals.
Not so long ago it was culturally enforced; it was not impossible to date and raise children while unmarried but there were severe social consequences and as a result not many people did.
I think we have yet to see all the consequences of this cultural change.
I made that argument to a couple of friends - that they were not fighting for equality (which will be fairly easy to set up) but for inclusion in the privileged club. They responded with "Well marriage is between couples, but defining the sex of the participants is discriminatory".
One of the problems with polygamy/andry is that we could hollow out the lower social classes of mating opportunities (it happens in india and china right now due to girl infanticide and it is not pretty).
Anyway - congratulations to the winners.