We've posted John Corvino's insightful look at polygamy
illogic and the "slippery slope" argument. Over at Slate,
William Saletan also joins the debate with a column worth
reading, in which he observes:
Fidelity isn't natural, but jealousy is. Hence the one-spouse rule. One isn't the number of people you want to sleep with. It's the number of people you want your spouse to sleep with.
Saletan also recognizes a key point, "Gays who seek to marry want the same thing. They're not looking for the right to sleep around. They already have that. It's called dating."
More. Uh, oh. HBO's "Big Love" muddies the
waters. Here's their synopsis of
this week's episode:
Roman's been busy on several fronts. With son Alby as his P.R. aide, he grants an interview to the Los Angeles Times to defend the practice of polygamy.... With Alby's prompting, he offers the journalist a final talking point: "If the Supreme Court says yes to the privacy rights of homosexual persons, surely it's time to recognize our rights to live in peace, too."
--Stephen H. Miller