ONLY IN UTAH

[Anonymous]

Utah Judge With 3 Wives Fights to Keep Job

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/02/polyg ... index.html

Hilldale? Is that a real place?

 :wave:

[Anonymous]

Why is this so very unsurprising?

[Anonymous]

Ever wonder why that 3 spouse thingy doesn't work both ways? Never ever hear of a WOMAN with 3 husbands up there in Utah, now do you?

[Nihilanthic]

Ya do in Tibet. Oftentimes brothers will marry one woman.

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http://narconews.com/' target='_new'>Robert White

[Anonymous]

Well, those Utah women need to wise up, and get some Tibet men in Utah. Enough of those men having wives all over the place waiting on them hand-and-foot, and being little breeding machines!

[Anonymous]

Polyandry, form of marriage in which a woman has more than one husband or mate at the same time. Two principal forms of polyandry exist today. Among the Nair people, who inhabit India's Malabar Coast, a woman may marry several men of equal or superior rank. In areas of Tibet, a woman may marry the eldest brother of a family and then also take his brothers as mates. In most countries, polyandry is illegal.
taken from Encarata encyclopedia

[try another castle]

On 2005-11-03 14:41:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Polyandry, form of marriage in which a woman has more than one husband or mate at the same time. Two principal forms of polyandry exist today. Among the Nair people, who inhabit India's Malabar Coast, a woman may marry several men of equal or superior rank. In areas of Tibet, a woman may marry the eldest brother of a family and then also take his brothers as mates. In most countries, polyandry is illegal.

taken from Encarata encyclopedia"

You go girl.

Interesting note: When Elizabeth Smart disappeared, I TOTALLY called it. I wrote in my online journal "I have a feeling she's alive, and some crazy polygamist kidnapped her to be his wife."

[Anonymous]

On 2005-11-02 23:19:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Ever wonder why that 3 spouse thingy doesn't work both ways? Never ever hear of a WOMAN with 3 husbands up there in Utah, now do you?"

Polygamy is often the result of a poluation crisis. After a large war, or something else that causes many deaths, especially males, the imbalanced gender gap needs to be corrected some how, and sure enough our societal tendencies start to shift to fix the problem. At a worlwide level, the female population is several percentage points above men, but other times throughout history, especially when parts of the world were more isolated, polygamy became an accepted practice to ensure the survival of the species. Sure, it's 'weird' now, but it's all about perspective. If there were 8 woman to every 1 man on this planet right now, I'm sure states, religions and society in general would find a way to make acceptable multiple wives. Not saying I accept it, especially by today's standards, but it's just something to consider.

[Anonymous]

I'm all for whatever consenting adults choose to do. Some of the problems, as it's practiced by Mormons are young women forced into marriage to older relatives, unhappy women on Prozac to remain productive, parents assume their children are 'superior' and expect tax payers to assist financially, high incidence of child/sexual abuse:

http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... t=20#40608
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... t=90#26427
http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... rt=0#17791

[nite owl]

The mainstream Mormon Church _ LDS DO NOT practice polygamy - and haven't done so for over one hundred years. The ploygamists in Utah are a break off cult of the mainstream church. I worked with a man from Nigeria who told us that he had 10 wives and was marrying number 11 in one week. He was Muslim. So it's the Muslims that have many wives now - not the Mormons.  

Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.
--Sigmund Freud, Austrian-born psychologist

[nite owl]

Polygamy is widespread throughout Africa and the Middle East. Not only in Utah.... Please.....

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345346297/103-2574067-9409467/circlofmiamithem' target='_new'>Carl Sagan - The Dragons of Eden - 1977

[bandit1978]

So, if people in the Middle East and Africa do something, that makes it excusable to happen here?  Have the middle East and Africa set the new bar for us?  

Well, I spent a year and a half in Utah, and I'll just say that I'm sooooooo thankful that I'm from the East coast.

[AtomicAnt]

On 2005-11-07 21:48:00, nite owl wrote:

"Polygamy is widespread throughout Africa and the Middle East. Not only in Utah.... Please.....

The issue isn't really polygamy. It is that these cult-like Mormon sects are forcing teenage girls into these situations. It is really a form of human-trafficking and pedophilia.