Supposedly Sane

Disclaimer: I actually unofficially support gay marriage, so this blog is just food for thought.

I hear the line “why can you tell me who to love?” used allll the time when people debate gay marriage and why it should be legalized. They rationalize it by saying the institutionalized ideal of marriage is old-fashioned and it doesn’t necessarily have to be between a man and a woman.

Well today I sat down and thought about it and don’t ask me why but the idea of polygamy popped into my head…. so… what about POLYGAMY?? For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s when you have more than one husband/wife. Polygamy is illegal, just like gay marriage, and if you use the same logic you can argue that polygamy makes just as much sense as gay marriage. The government is telling someone how they can and can not express their love for someone. There’s no laws against DATING more than one person, but there are laws against marrying more than one (or marrying someone of the same sex) because of the sanctity of marriage is still important to this country, regardless of if we will acknowledge that.

I bet if I asked Ellen DeGeneres if she supports polygamy she would say no… but she’s one of the most outspoken lesbians in the country and she also just got married. So if she said no, which I’m sure she could, do you think she could rationalize how it’s any different than ppolygamy?  I don’t think polygamy really HURTS anyone…. no more than gay marriage does…. or normal marriage, for that matter. I mean I obviously think it’s wrong and its CRAZY but I think it could be argued just as much as gay marriage could be. If gay marriage is being legalized, then what’s stopping people from polygamy, or arranged marriages, or marrying children? OK, so the last part is pushing it.. I know marrying children will never be legal. I’m not going to be all extremist on you guys….

Another thing is the argument that is used so often about gay marriage is that it is because of religion that it has been prohibited, and outlawing it violates the seperation of church and state. So if you take church out of state COMPLETELY, shouldn’t polygamy be legal also? Because it’s a valid form of MARRIAGE (union between two humans)… so why not be legal?

Anyways, I just thought of that and was wondering if anyone gets what I’m saying…. or if this is waaaaaaaay in left field? I just word vomited all over my blog. Woops.