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In reply to the discussion: The gay marriage decision has put us in uncharted waters with regard to polygamy [View all]Wella
(1,827 posts)and the polygamy movement (as small as it is) that will argue the same thing. If the NRA argues the same about guns, it's because the concept of a civil/fundamental right, unabridged by government, is the cornerstone of our Bill of Rights.
Your argument is that the violence and killing caused by guns (which leads to gun control legislation, i.e. abridgement of the right) is equivalent to legal and paperwork dilemmas. This is simply not true. First, many laws are already changing due to the LGBT movement. In California, a child may have 3 parents by law. This is not due to polyamorous relationships but to gay parents who biologically need a third (opposite sex) person to help them reproduce and sometimes want that person in the lives of the children. However, this law is the basis on which poly child custody and property rights may be built.
The truth is that the legal infrastructure is being built and that the poly argument is a powerful one that speaks to the heart of civil rights.