From the Washington Times:
Polygamists nationwide are cheering the Supreme Court’s rulings on Wednesday, which paved the way for gay marriage
in California and federal recognition for married same-sex couples.“I was very glad,” polygamist Anne Wilde told Buzzfeed on Wednesday. “The nuclear family, with a dad and a mom and two or three kids, is not the majority anymore. Now it’s grandparents taking care of kids
, single parents, gay parents. I think people are more and more understanding that as consenting adults, we should be able to raise a family however we choose.”Joe Darger, a Utah-based polygamist who has three wives, told Buzzfeed that the court “has taken a step in correcting some inequality, and that’s certainly something that’s going to trickle down and impact us.”
Anita Wagner Illig, head of the group Practical Polyamory, told U.S. News & World Report that the Supreme Court had set a welcome precedent.
“We polyamorists are grateful to our brothers and sisters for blazing the marriage equality trail,” she said. “I would absolutely want to seek multi-partner marriage — it would eliminate a common challenge polyamorists face when two [people] are legally married and others in their group relationships aren’t part of that marriage.”
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Who's going to be next?
Let 'em try. They'll win or fail on their merits, which are pretty dodgy. There is no equality question here. No orientation question here. And marriage law (and all attendant laws) aren't set up for multiple spouses. It's BIBLICALLY supportable (ironically enough), but I think it's a HUGE long shot.
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