If, however, polygamy and alterative
group marriage structures find recognition regardless of religion-linked arguments based on the desire to recognize and value all family structures under the law, (33) then this proposal allows for a more encompassing solution devoid of any religious exceptionalism.
Other kinds of families and cohabitations (traditional family, single parent family, polygamy,
group marriage etc.
Sweden, Iowa, and Vermont joined the
group Marriage Equality.
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Group marriage ceremony for injured and sons of martyrs, at Saha restaurant, Airport Way/Beirut
Marc Solomon, who coordinated the campaign to defeat the ballot measure for the
group Marriage Equality, said he feared if the issue went to voters, Massachusetts would have become a battleground in the national "culture war.
Pointedly, it is Scan, not Schacter, who melodramatically defines the practice of monogamous
group marriage as "a tragedy waiting to happen.
Their report noted that if three parents were accepted,
group marriage and unlimited numbers of parents will follow shortly (Edmonton Sun, Oct.
The definition takes a relationship-centric view and the article implies that a polyamorous
group marriage is essentially all one group.
The argument that opening marriage to gay people is a slippery slope that will quickly lead to promiscuity,
group marriage, polygamy and incest makes no sense.
A
group marriage would be considered too upsetting to the "social order and the raising of children.
There also is concern that laws legalizing same-sex marriage could weaken laws against polygamy,
group marriage and incest.
The activist
group Marriage Equality counts 1,049 federal benefits, rights, and responsibilities available only to legally married couples: hospital visitation rights, health care decision-making, parental rights, inheritance privileges, Social Security benefits, access to joint insurance policies, joint home ownership, tax-free gift-giving between partners, established legal frameworks for determining child custody and dividing shared property when a partnership ends, and many more.
