Washington Times: The Marriage of Many

I knew it was coming. I predicted it several years ago when I saw the support rising for homosexual marriage. Polygamy rights are next. If as some civil rights lawyeres have suggested, that marriage ought to be the ability to marry a person of your choice, not just of the opposite sex, then why not multiple persons of your choice? Now I almost said, and why not frogs, toads, gorillas and stuffed animals of your choice but I suppose that is a little far fetched. Then again, not that long ago we would have said that the current rights fights would have been unthinkable. One group mentioned in the article is TruthBearer.org, a Christian Polygamy Organization. They're evangelical too, with a gospel presentation using the bridge illustration. But they believe that polygamy is taught in the Scriptures. And why not? There are at least some seemingly God ordained polygamous stories in the Bible. How about the Levitical law that says that if a man dies, his brother is supposed to marry the widow for her protection? That was the story of Ruth and Boaz. Seems like God endorsed polygamy — compassionate polygamy. I like how that sounds. What about Jacob who got tricked into marrying the wrong woman, Leah. That Laban sure was sneaky. Leah was homely and whiny, and he knew he'd never be able to get rid of her so he tricked Jacob. Jacob just had to have Rachel, so he married her too. Was Jacob just consumed with lust/love for Rachel and lost all sense of right and wrong so he married her? Was God displeased with Jacob? Should he have just settled for Leah? OK. Now I know this seems far fetched, but I'll go out on a limb and predict it's coming. I predict, someone out there will want to do a study on the brain chemistry of animals during intercourse with a human. They'll come up with some result that says it isn't harmful, it's pleasurable, it's similar to what happens when they have intercourse with another animal, yada, yada, yada. Then there will be animal lover groups that will advocate for conjugal rights with their pets. Everyone will think they're wierd. Europe and Canada will move ahead with civil rights for pet owners desiring relations with their animals. The Internet will be deluged with pictures and videos of owners "making love" to their pets. There will be underground online organizations offering sex farm tours. Some "news" show like 20/20 or 60 Minutes will show rare documentary footage of animals and their owners in action but the pet's face will be blurred out to protect the innocent. Paris Hilton will make a new movie with a Chocolate Lab. New Hampshire will ordain a Bishop who has been in a long term monogamous relationship with a Hamster. And Jake Gyllenhall will appear in a new movie about Cowboys who loved their horses starring one of the Clydesdales from the old Budweiser commercials. The horse will be nominated for an Oscar. I know what you're thinking ... "that'll never happen" ... "you're sick for thinking about it and saying it." Yep. And that's what our grandparents said years ago when someone predicted the same thing would happen with homosexual rights.