However, many homosexuals have proposed outright that marriage be redefined to include three or more parties. Consensual non-monogamy is known as polyamory, and both heterosexual and homosexual polyamorists want the re-definition of marriage to accommodate this arrangement.
Tristan Taormino, a polyamorist columnist, author, and advocate of same-sex marriage said in the Poly Pride keynote speech in New York, “Some gays and lesbians have responded to the charge of the ‘slippery slope’ by calling it ridiculous, but others have defended gay marriage by denouncing polyamory. What about those of us who are queer and poly….? Queer people must stand up and say we believe in the rights of everyone to love, commit to, and marry whomever they want. We must not throw polyamory under the bus in favor of advancing queer marriage rights.”
Lee Stranahan, with the Huffington Post, asks why gay marriage advocates are not defending polyamory, observing that until they do “they are just acting like bigots and haters, aren't they?”
In the Netherlands, one of the first countries to give full marriage rights to homosexuals, polyamorists have already succeeded. Here, a trio of two bisexual women and one man have been “married” under a civil union statute.”
Let’s debate same-sex marriage on a foundation of truth. The truth is that once marriage is redefined to include same-sex couples, it will also be redefined to include three or more parties.
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"In the Netherlands... a trio of two bisexual women and one man have been “married” under a civil union statute.”
ReplyDeleteAs it turns out, the Netherlands does not allow three-way marriages or even three-way registered partnerships. What Victor de Bruijn and his friends Bianca and Mirjam did was sign something called a "samenlevings contract," which is loosely translated as a "cohabitation contract." These are nothing more than private contracts that anyone is free to enter into with anyone else. There is nothing unique about the arrangement. It is nothing even remotely akin to state-recognized "marriage."
People have always been free to say that they are married. Remember back in the early 90s when Rosanne and Tom Arnold "married" their personal assistant? Was that part of the slippery slope too?