Push to legalize polygamy uses same arguments as push for same-sex marriage
The ‘love is love’ strategy was so successful for the gay marriage lobby, why should polygamists reinvent the wheel? Picture above shows the Brown family, which includes husband Kody Brown and his four wives. The Browns are fundamentalist Mormons and the stars of TLC show "Sister Wives."
“I just came out openly to friends.” “Love is love” and we deserve “equal protection under the law.” We are “not harming anybody.” “The world would be a better place if everybody was more open.” “I am proud of who I am” but I am “rejected by society.” “It’s unhealthy to force people into a choice that might not fit them,” especially when you have “love at the core of your relationship.”
Perhaps you assume those are quotes from LGBT activists during the push to legalize same-sex marriage? Oh, come on, where’ve you been? Gay marriage is so 2015.
Your mistaken assumption is entirely understandable, however. It is, after all, the same script advocates of gay marriage used, but surprise! These quotes are from proponents bent on normalizing poly relationships. The “love is love” strategy was so successful for the gay marriage lobby, why should polygamists reinvent the wheel?
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