Comments on: Civil Unions and Multiple Wives http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Poly http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17209 Poly Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:38:37 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17209 I don’t have a marriage license. I think I am just as “married” if not more than anyone that is registered with the state. There is NOTHING but my commitment to my husband and family that keeps me here. If having a marriage license, an one wife for that matter, is the answer then why is America at a +50% divorce rate? Something isn’t working.
I’m not saying polygamy is the answer, but it certainly could benefit a certain portion of our society.
Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Brad Warbiany http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17187 Brad Warbiany Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:51:33 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17187 nukem,

Actually, if you look at the numbers, gays tend to have a higher average wealth than straights (although the claim is disputed). Since they don’t have kids to be their dependents, they also don’t have access to some of the tax advantages that straight couples with children have. So they’re probably, on par, pay more in average taxes than straights do.

If you’re worried about future tax receipts, I wouldn’t worry. We can just allow immigrants to fill that need. If they’re over 18, we don’t even need to pay to educate them, which we would have to do to native-born children! Everybody wins!

]]> By: nukem http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17181 nukem Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:05:12 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17181 The state has a vested interest in promoting marriage between a single man and women as it is the best method in which to raise the next generation of taxpayers.

]]> By: Dana http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17177 Dana Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:37:56 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/03/14/civil-unions-and-multiple-wives/#comment-17177 I’m not sure that “we” don’t understand what you are saying. I obviously don’t speak for every Christian, but most of the reason I have a marriage license is because I think somewhere or other I’m supposed to and it isn’t an issue that I feel necessitates any particular protest.

But I have always wondered why the preacher says, “By the power vested in me by the state of…” To me, marriage isn’t an institution of the state. I haven’t given it a whole lot of thought, but why does the government need to particularly recognize any of it?

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