Saturday, January 21, 2006

Gay Marriage on First, Polygamy Up to Bat

"Criminalization does not address the harms associated with valid foreign polygamous marriages and plural unions, in particular the harms to women," says the document, compiled as part of a $150,000 project launched a year ago and paid for by the Justice Department and Status of Women Canada." - Ottawa Sun

It took one year, and $150,000 taxpayer dollars for Status of Women to tell us that polygamous marriage is harmful to women, even valid poygamous ones. Uh, Ladies, why do you think we criminalized it? That result shouldn't have taken more than 15 minutes, cost more than a cup of coffee, and required half a brain.

Why is criminalization not the answer? Because a man in jail can't pay alimony, or child support. Just disallow the marriage, or make sure women understand they can leave, and make him pay. Our Chretien-Martin Liberals are not interested in marriage for any reason other than the division of property and wealth when it ends. Marry one or several of the opposite sex, or the of same, or a mix, or heck, throw in the pet goat, it's all the same to Ms. Frulla and her crowd. They are more concerned about the goat than the institution.

Maybe we could ask Status of Women Canada to tell us if they consider any form of marriage good for women? Why not just admit that the only thing about marriage that interests them is its end, and the transferral of property and wealth to women ( or the goat ) , whether by the husband's death, or the divorce?

Cost? 15 minutes, a cup of coffee, and half a brain.

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