03/15/2005: "Gay Marriage/Polygamy"

I was listen to an interview with Mark Leno, a pro-gay "marriage" assemblyman (who is gay himself) from San Francisco talk about the rights of gay couples. After Mr. Leno had gone on at great length about the rights of two consenting adults to be able to marry and that this is the last remaining discrimination to be addressed in this country the interviewer asked him what the difference was with THREE consenting adults. "Isn't the number two just arbitrary?" he asked.

Mr. Leno's response just about made me fall out of my seat. He said that there was something fundamental different about two people and the relationship that two people have.

Doesn't that sound surprisingly similar to the the relationship between a man and a woman is unique and sacred argument that us believers in heterosexual marriages present? It does to me.

It seems to me that the Polygomy argument is the best one that we have right now to fight gay "marriage". No significant gay group is willing to concede that polygamy is acceptable. Since there main argument is either a) hetrosexual marriage and gay marriage are exactly the same, which is obviously false or b) that you can't force a traditional definition of marriage on us, we can really attack them on argument b. The reality is that the gay community, when they push argument b, doesn't have a good argument to counteract the polygamy response. Even the most liberal/activist judges aren't willing to go down that road quite yet. So if we can make it clear to the judges that they either have to endorse polygamy or keep the traditional definition of marriage, I think it will give us enough leverage to keep them from making the ridiculous decisions.