Of course it is, once we start down the road of redefining marriage to what the deviance of the day is, why stop at two homos?
WORLD’S FIRST THREE-WAY GAY MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE IN THAILAND
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by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.5 Mar 20151174
Valentine’s Day 2015 will be infamous for more than the release of the film version of 50 Shades of Grey. It also witnessed the world’s first recorded polygamous gay marriage, as Joke, 29, Bell, 21 and Art, 26 tied the knot. Watchers of The Hangover Part 2 will not be surprised to learn that the marriage took place in Thailand, in the Uthai Thani Province.
The threesome did not undergo a state ceremony, since Thai law does not recognize same-sex marriages or polygamy, but the trio claims that their union is sanctioned by Buddhist law. Buddhism is notoriously short on rules and does not forbid polygamy, though Buddhists are counseled to limit themselves to one wife. Buddhism has no official teachingregarding homosexual practice, other than prohibiting it for celibate monks.
Reports state that Art and Joke met through business and became romantically involved in 2010, shortly after which they began living together. The couple later met Bell at a party, and started spending time together. When Bell was later “hospitalized with a congenital disease,” Art and Joke proposed the three-way marriage.
According to Art, “When Bell was in hospital, it became clear that we all had a lot of feelings for each other. We thought what better way to show our love for each other by getting married. It might seem strange to some, but many people understand our bond and the reasons we got married.”
Joke said in an interview that he considers same-sex marriages to be equally valid to any state-sanctioned ones.
“Now Thai society has a better understanding of sexual orientation as many same-sex weddings appear on TV, newspapers and social media, we feel more accepted and able to come out,” he said.
Joke also said the threesome “love each other and live together like brothers,” something he hoped the world could understand.
For his part, Bell has said that although some people may not agree with the trio’s decision, “we believe many people do understand and accept our choice. Love is love, after all,” he said.
Though homosexual marriage is illegal in Thailand, a member of a panel drafting a new charter for the national constitution has said that the amended text will include the term “third gender,” referring to those who identify themselves as transgender, transsexual or gay.
The spokesman for the panel, Kamnoon Sittisamarn, said the new measure would guarantee equal treatment under the law for all sexual identities.
“We are putting the words ‘third gender’ in the constitution because Thai society has advanced,” Sittisamarn said.
“There are not only men and women, we need to protect all sexes. We consider all sexes to be equal,” he said.
And, the chief justice of the supreme court said it is justified with the same reasoning, as he dissented:
[h=3]The majority’s reasoning applies with equal force to plural marriage.[/h]
It is striking how much of the majority’s reasoning would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage. If “[t]here is dignity in the bond between two men or two women who seek to marry and in their autonomy to make such profound choices,” why would there be any less dignity in the bond between three people who, in exercising their autonomy, seek to make the profound choice to marry? If a same-sex couple has the constitutional right to marry because their children would otherwise “suffer the stigma of knowing their families are somehow lesser,” why wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to a family of three or more persons raising children? If not having the opportunity to marry “serves to disrespect and subordinate” gay and lesbian couples, why wouldn’t the same “imposition of this disability,” serve to disrespect and subordinate people who find fulfillment in polyamorous relationships? - Chief Justice John Roberts
Of course it is, once we start down the road of redefining marriage to what the deviance of the day is, why stop at two homos?
WORLD’S FIRST THREE-WAY GAY MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE IN THAILAND
6249
3
157
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by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.5 Mar 20151174
Valentine’s Day 2015 will be infamous for more than the release of the film version of 50 Shades of Grey. It also witnessed the world’s first recorded polygamous gay marriage, as Joke, 29, Bell, 21 and Art, 26 tied the knot. Watchers of The Hangover Part 2 will not be surprised to learn that the marriage took place in Thailand, in the Uthai Thani Province.
The threesome did not undergo a state ceremony, since Thai law does not recognize same-sex marriages or polygamy, but the trio claims that their union is sanctioned by Buddhist law. Buddhism is notoriously short on rules and does not forbid polygamy, though Buddhists are counseled to limit themselves to one wife. Buddhism has no official teachingregarding homosexual practice, other than prohibiting it for celibate monks.
Reports state that Art and Joke met through business and became romantically involved in 2010, shortly after which they began living together. The couple later met Bell at a party, and started spending time together. When Bell was later “hospitalized with a congenital disease,” Art and Joke proposed the three-way marriage.
According to Art, “When Bell was in hospital, it became clear that we all had a lot of feelings for each other. We thought what better way to show our love for each other by getting married. It might seem strange to some, but many people understand our bond and the reasons we got married.”
Joke said in an interview that he considers same-sex marriages to be equally valid to any state-sanctioned ones.
“Now Thai society has a better understanding of sexual orientation as many same-sex weddings appear on TV, newspapers and social media, we feel more accepted and able to come out,” he said.
Joke also said the threesome “love each other and live together like brothers,” something he hoped the world could understand.
For his part, Bell has said that although some people may not agree with the trio’s decision, “we believe many people do understand and accept our choice. Love is love, after all,” he said.
Though homosexual marriage is illegal in Thailand, a member of a panel drafting a new charter for the national constitution has said that the amended text will include the term “third gender,” referring to those who identify themselves as transgender, transsexual or gay.
The spokesman for the panel, Kamnoon Sittisamarn, said the new measure would guarantee equal treatment under the law for all sexual identities.
“We are putting the words ‘third gender’ in the constitution because Thai society has advanced,” Sittisamarn said.
“There are not only men and women, we need to protect all sexes. We consider all sexes to be equal,” he said.
Marriage is between two people,polygamy is between several.
Are you afraid of gays??
What makes marriage only between two people? Who says? Now that we've redefined it to allow two men to "marry" why not redefine it to be whatever? It has lost it's meaning.
And, already we have cities threatening to jail pastors who don't want to marry gays.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/20/idaho-citys-ordinance-tells-pastors-to-marry-gays-/
While I'll say that children and animals can't give consent and that's different, this really isn't. LOL look at you trying to defining marriage, I thought we were past that. Seriously what business is it of you or me if three people consent to being with each other, are in love and want to be able to have rights as a family?
I'm pro gay marriage, so I'm not trying to be coy. I just don't think polygamy should be outlawed either.
I thought Everfresh already was a mod, but got canned?
