tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post114133357010980743..comments2023-06-07T09:13:41.693-05:00Comments on Episcopal Chaplain On the High Ground: Family MattersMarshall Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-1142348051863980762006-03-14T08:54:00.000-06:002006-03-14T08:54:00.000-06:00I wonder if it would make a difference for the dis...I wonder if it would make a difference for the discussion if our discussion of polygamy was polyandry (one woman with multiple husbands) rather than polygyny (the specific term of one man with multiple wives). Just as those who are most vocal about their opposition to homosexuality seem focused on two men and not on two women, perhaps polyandry is just not thought of. On the other hand, there are some cultures where it has been practiced.Marshall Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807749717320495495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20406961.post-1142332439243588192006-03-14T04:33:00.000-06:002006-03-14T04:33:00.000-06:00Trouble with polygamy is not that one man gets to ...Trouble with polygamy is not that one man gets to sleep with many women, as one could think from listening to the moralists, but that men (plural) have legal and economic powers in society that women do not. <BR/><BR/>That men have power over women.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, polygamy is the only ethical matter where the Church has had anything approaching a consistent stand over the ages ;=)<BR/><BR/>So I would say it's off, permanently.Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com