Thursday, November 25, 2010

Polygamy's on trial? How about monogamy?

Pete McMartin wrote an interesting article for the Vancouver Sun.

"Punish crimes where you find them, not by sexual or matrimonial preference.

Because if we must, and we believe that by outlawing polygamy we will, at a stroke, do away with abandonment, confinement and physical and sexual abuse in those communities, shouldn't we, if only to extend that logic, be looking at criminalizing monogamy, in which the vast majority of the above crimes are committed?"

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Polygamy+trial+about+monogamy/3870285/story.html#ixzz16J65WJoE

Be sure to write to Pete and tell him how much you liked his article.

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