With the debut of HBO's new polygamy television drama, Big Love, it's getting tougher to laugh off the argument that same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy, polyamory, and ultimately to the replacement of marriage itself by an infinitely flexible partnership system.* With the debut of HBO's new polygamy polygamy: see marriage. polygamy Marriage to more than one spouse at a time. Although the term may also refer to polyandry (marriage to more than one man), it is often used as a synonym for polygyny (marriage to more than one woman), which appears television drama, Big Love, it's getting tougher to laugh off the argument that same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable will lead to polygamy, polyamory Polyamory (from Greek πολυ (poly, literally “multiple”) & Latin amor , and ultimately to the replacement of marriage itself by an infinitely flexible partnership system. Big Love makes a point of comparing polygamy to the drive for gay marriage, arguing that as long as people love each other, family structure doesn't matter. Even Newsweek is grudgingly acknowledging the connection, reporting that a "new wave of polygamy activists" is "emerging in the wake of the gay-marriage movement." "If Heather can have two mommies," these activists say, "she should also be able to have two mommies and a daddy." Meanwhile, libertarian New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times columnist John Tierney John Tierney may refer to:
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