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Showing Original Post only (View all)Gay people can have multipartner relationships too. [View all]
The idea that the rights that gays and lesbians should have ought to rest on the typical power dynamics of religiously driven men-women plural marriages strikes me as some kind of advanced form of hetronormative narcissism.
Polygamy isn't just about straight people. When you try to use the behavior of straight couples to justify legal prejudice toward gay couples you're being incredibly disingenuous.
I believe in sexual freedom and free association of consenting adults in any kind of arrangement they find satisfactory. This has always been my consistent belief and is probably the political idea that I hold most sacred. If you want to argue against that, fine, bring an argument. Don't you dare try to say that the sexual practices of straight people in insular religious communities or half a world a way is a reason to deny my or any other person's right to equal protection, sexual liberty and dignity under the law. That isn't an argument, that is guilt by tentative association.