tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152584185487706890.post8247566573312575669..comments2024-03-13T03:17:56.423-07:00Comments on Full Marriage Equality: A Polyamorous Mother Denied Her RightsFull Marriage Equalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03029782688617414753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152584185487706890.post-68052840491865826772014-09-22T16:09:19.026-07:002014-09-22T16:09:19.026-07:00Thank you for the interview!
I'm aware of the...Thank you for the interview!<br /><br />I'm aware of the thousands of years of Christian tradition and where they come from, but I was pointing out that the argument was specious. As to the government issue, I admit that I live under a government and that its laws impact my family. It is made up of people, and that by changing the laws, it allows more people to live as free and independent persons, equal under the law. Changing what people accept is a slow process, I know this, but it doesn't trouble me over much. Change comes.Rhian Ruarihttp://rhianruari.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152584185487706890.post-48166028043458070232014-09-21T14:54:07.017-07:002014-09-21T14:54:07.017-07:00We live in a mainly Christian religious driven soc...We live in a mainly Christian religious driven society in which one man, one woman is the standard. At the time of Christ (and I'm not a Christian, actually, I'm not religious), a Hebrew man could have as many wives as he wanted and could afford. Most Christians don't realize that. But it was a totally patriarchal system. <br /><br />The new religion, Christianity, came of age, so to speak, under the influence of the Greeks and Romans (both patriarchal societies also). The Greeks and Romans believe in one man and one woman marriages-- it made inheritance easier. However, both the Greek men and Roman men, as well as the Hebrew men, had sexual access to any female slaves in the household, as well as prostitutes--not the Hebrew men, however, as far as prostitutes went. The women could only have one husband. <br /><br />The Christians adopted the one man one woman system. Actually, at one of the early meetings of the Bishops, they discussed that men and women should live together as brother and sister and not have "carnal knowledge of each other," not realizing or ignoring the fact that God did not punish Lot and his daughters for fucking, ergo, allowing father-daughter incest. Then someone pointed out that if no children would be born--no marriages, etc.--then they would run out of Christians in a generation or so. That argument was specious at best. If there were no more Christians, then all the good people would have gone to Heaven and the rest to Hell. Anyway, at that point the bishops--not really great on logic--adopted the one man and one woman marriage principle but it was only supposed to be for procreation, not recreation.... Yeah right! <br /><br />Anyway, you are up against about 2,000 years of dogma. How far do you think you can get? Don't sweat the legalities. We don't need the government support of our ideas or marriages or sexual arrangements and we shouldn't want the government support of our sexual/financial affairs. Do it yourself and don't tell the government. Live together and love together. To ask for the government's permission is to admit that you are a subject of the imperial government and not a free and independent person. Fuck the government because, at base, it is force and it is evil. Live your life without it as best you can. But don't expect society to accept your lifestyle that contradicts their religious or personal moral beliefs even if their beliefs violate your so-called inalienable right and your beliefs violate no ones right. That why I call the idea of inalienable rights a myth. (Whew!)Eroscotthttp://eroscott.tumblr.com/archivenoreply@blogger.com