Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Models of marriage

Same-sex unions are legal in some countries, and some people want the description "marriage" to be used.

Just a question: why are same sex marriages limited to only 2 people? What convention or law imposes this limit? There are pretty obvious reasons why marriage is limited to 2 people, a man and a woman, although there have been some well-known cases of open marriages involving 3 people, eg H.G.Wells (one man and 2 women) and Ayn Rand (one woman and 2 men). But for same-sex unions, there seems to be less reason for this restriction. Or is it the case that even the people who want same-sex marriage have an idea of what a real marriage is, but don't want to admit it?

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