[SOC] Bigamy, anyone?

[Chris Redding]

That's the problem, apparently.
Like I said, the UK recognises all marriages that were legal when they
occurred, so some moslems see their spouses admitted automatically.
According to their website, The church of JC&LDS no longer permits
polygamy, and excommunicates anyone who is found to practice it, but the
UK is not normally in the practice of 'booting' US citizens.

Just to play 'devil's advocate' for a bit: what (apart from the curse of
two mothers-in-law) is wrong with having two wives?.  As long as both
are aware of everything, and are happy with it: who is the victim?

To my mind, if a crime does not generate a victim, then it is not a
crime.

Also: if a woman has two husbands: one who is a rich 'something in the
city' and another who knows how to unblock drains, fix cars, and isn't
afraid of spiders in the bath, where is the victim?.

Especially in the UK, which has nowadays largely 'dumped' Christianity
in general, and the Old Testament in particular.

Sorry, we are in ineffable twaddle territory again ;-)

Chris G4PDJ



----- Original Message -----
From: JMcAulay <john@mcaulay.net>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Bigamy, anyone?


>
> Quite true that the LDS Church has not condoned polygamy since the
> nineteenth century, and neither have the laws of any jurisdiction in
the
> US.  As for someone bringing more than one wife into the UK, I'm
somewhat
> astounded if this situation has bever arisen with Pakistani Muslims,
for
> example, who can take more than one wife under both religious and
civil law.
>
> Regards,
> John
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