<p>The Netherlands and Belgium were the first countries to give full marriage rights to homosexuals. In the United States some politicians propose civil unions that give homosexual couples the full benefits and responsibilities of marriage. These civil unions differ from marriage only in name.</p>
<p>Meanwhile in the Netherlands polygamy has been legalised in all but name. Last Friday the first civil union of three partners was registered. Victor de Bruijn (46) from Roosendaal married both Bianca (31) and Mirjam (35) in a ceremony before a notary who duly registered their civil union.</p>
<p>Finally returning to the virtues preached in the Good Book. Glad to hear that the Judaeo-Christian tradition finally means something. Now if we could only get back to that Puritan preferment for pregnancy before marriage. Give me that ol’ time religion, I say.</p>
<p>they just had a story about polyamory on the morning radio show- ( public radio not howard stern)
sounds like a lot of work.
I prefer cyclical monogamy like we have in the states ;)</p>
<p>Cereal monotony leads to the enrichment of cereal makers and marketing people and articles about obesity in newspapers. Serial monogamy enriches the wedding business folks and leads to articles about dieting in the same newspapers. As for cyclical monogamy, all I can say is “For everything, there is a reason…”:)</p>
<p>I wish they would raise the “age of consent.” Don’t think folks should be consenting to marriage (or much of anything else) when they are only young teens, as they are legally capable of in many states.</p>
<p>Some, in their wisdom, seem to believe that a marriage today is, in some mysterious way (perchance know only to the whimsical scrooge himself), served up best when encumbered, or obligated with a guileless child.</p>
<p>Some prefer a multiplicity of mutually exclusive devotions, which if coupled with others preference for conception to precede such chancy emotions will do much to swell young bellies–homes of single parents foster parents and unintended abortions. </p>
<p>Some go through spouses forever disappointed to find there was no prize jammed into the bottom of the box having come to indignantly expect such things during their covetous cereal days.</p>
<p>Some simply have a light and engaging verbal facility.</p>
<p>Others are perhaps bored with their initial matrimonial choice and yet slugg it out with little relish or fanfare; enduring a monotonous marriage their current spouse seems powerless, or too indifferent, to alleviate or enliven and thus rhetorically dabble in the possibilities serial monogamy might otherwise offer.</p>
<p>Some seem to understand the term wife to mean something akin to servant or maid (an idea that might give solace to some of those malcontents above–otherwise bored in their current arrangements) and–perhaps content with this definition–think that if having some chattel is good certainly a herd would be better.</p>
<p>cereal monotony that is what I was trying to think of
I have oatmeal- but ya know sometimes I want something a little offbeat- a little wild-even more throw caution to the winds than using half & half instead of 2%</p>
<p>I think instead of having pictures of people about to be married, it might be more useful to have pictures and articles in the newspapers of people who have been recently born again singles. “Back on the Market” pages would be more interesting for singles out there…</p>
<p>I don’t care if three people get married as long as they are adults and any children resulting from the marrage are well taken care of.</p>
<p>I knew one long-term trio that produced kids and the ultimately split up. Wasn’t any better–or uglier–than most two-person split-ups and the kids were just as neurotic as a result. Now that I think of it, I think the kids probably had it better with three parents caring/nurturing/etc. </p>
<p>I think a threesome is probably harder to keep stable over time than a twosome and we all know how easy those are.</p>
Now if we could only get back to that Puritan preferment for pregnancy before marriage. Give me that ol’ time religion, I say.</p>