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On modern marriage and family

AlbeAlbe Posts: 135
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Fence sitting here.
Not homophobic, xenophobic, or religious fanatic.

Here my dilemma....

Marriage used to be the legal union between one man, male, and one woman, female.
And a child could have maximum one father, and maximum one mother, so maximum two parents, biological or legal.

But this has been changing.
Now two men, or two women, can legally marry. All good.
And a child can have two father, or two mother. Great.

If society is fine with these, and im not saying it shouldn't, where should the line be drawn? Or what's the argument for drawing a line at all?

If two men can marry, not not 3, or more? In case you wonder: this legally happened already.
If a man can marry his boyfriend, can he marry his brother? Or his father? Or his mother? Or his dog? Or a song? Or a thought? Or a mathematical equation?

If a child can have 2 fathers, why not 3 or more? 
Or why not  2 mothers AND 1 father?

Not arguing either way. Just confused.
Thanks.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Marlorena said:
    As a woman I'm in favour of having 3 husbands..

    One should be a car mechanic, another a builder and the third, a chef.. 
    Between the 3 they can also do the housework.. 


    As long as they also had their own houses to live in, and didn't want to hang around indefinitely   ;)

    I think you might be opening a very, very large can of worms with this topic @Albe....
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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    If one can self-identify as a cat, then the opportunities for (technical) interspecies marriage seem quite open
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  • AlbeAlbe Posts: 135
    I think you might be opening a very, very large can of worms with this topic @Albe....
    True.
    But it's not really me opening this can of worms. Society has moved the boundaries of what is accepted, because the old boundaries were discriminating against decent people and that was just evil. Good.

    But if we accept that, and im not saying we shouldn't, isn't it naive to expect those that are STILL discriminated (like two sisters wanting to marry, or 3 boyfriends wanting a child together) simply remain silent...
  • debs64debs64 Posts: 5,184
    I think there are fairly obvious medical reasons against incest. It’s also generally acceptable to marry only other human beings. This seems like rather a foolish post. 
  • AlbeAlbe Posts: 135
    edited December 2022
    pansyface said:
    Why not just do away with marriage. 
    My wife and I have different nationalities. She wouldn't be allowed to reside in this country were we not married.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'm not quite sure why it's a dilemma ... are you being asked to make some sort of pronouncement or decision? 

    Live and let live is my motto and don't stress about having to form an opinion on other people's lives ... do the best you can for the children you have, no matter how their family is arranged.  

    And yes, incest will always be a bad idea ... until it isn't. 

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  • AlbeAlbe Posts: 135
    Dovefromabove said:
    I'm not quite sure why it's a dilemma ... are you being asked to make some sort of pronouncement or decision? 

    Live and let live is my motto and don't stress about having to form an opinion on other people's lives ... do the best you can for the children you have, no matter how their family is arranged.  

    And yes, incest will always be a bad idea ... until it isn't. 
    Great answer, thanks a lot.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Been there ... had a broken foot right through the long hot summer before the last one ... would've gone stir crazy without knitting, writing and this forum.

    Get well soon. ☕🍰

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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