{"id":24999,"date":"2015-07-27T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=24999"},"modified":"2015-07-27T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:18:09","slug":"how-the-media-are-promoting-polyamory-the-new-marriage-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/07\/how-the-media-are-promoting-polyamory-the-new-marriage-equality.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;How the Media are Promoting Polyamory.  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Cannon of the First Presidency.<br>Many men went to prison for the Principle \u2014 for what we might call, with reference to the 1880s, \u201cthe love that dared not speak its name.\u201d<br>Does the United States Government owe them an apology? Reparations? Will photographers be legally obliged to cover polygamous weddings? Will people be forced to bake cakes for them, and be silenced if they object? I foresee all SORTS of court-sponsored fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any mainstream, believing Latter-day Saint is likely to feel at least some ambivalence about what may be coming over the horizon in addition to same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2015\/07\/24\/how-the-media-is-promoting-polyamory-the-new-marriage-equality\/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=morningbell&amp;mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu63LZKXonjHpfsX56e4sXaGwlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMNiMK%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2015\/07\/24\/how-the-media-is-promoting-polyamory-the-new-marriage-equality\/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=morningbell&amp;mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu63LZKXonjHpfsX56e4sXaGwlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMNiMK%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One thing, though, is absolutely clear: \u00a0There\u2019s a whole lot more historical precedent, worldwide and in all eras, for polygamy \u2014 or, more precisely, for polygyny \u2014 than there is for gay \u201cmarriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On what non-arbitrary and principled basis can our overlords fail to endorse it when they\u2019re asked?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Any mainstream, believing Latter-day Saint is likely to feel at least some ambivalence about what may be coming over the horizon in addition to same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d: \u00a0 http:\/\/dailysignal.com\/2015\/07\/24\/how-the-media-is-promoting-polyamory-the-new-marriage-equality\/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=morningbell&amp;mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu63LZKXonjHpfsX56e4sXaGwlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMNiMK%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm \u00a0 One thing, though, is absolutely clear: \u00a0There\u2019s a whole lot more historical precedent, worldwide and in all eras, for polygamy \u2014 or, more precisely, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;How the Media are Promoting Polyamory. 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