The push for legal polygamy...

Will the push for same-sex marriage end up with a push for legal polygamy?  

We covered that issue in our latest Journal (posted last week)... mentioning that the polyamorous community were supporting multiple partner 'marriage' and that various Muslim groups want legal polygamy.
Keysar Trad of the Islamic Friendship Group, repeatedly calls for legal polygamy. [For instance, Here is his speech at the Sydney Festival of Dangerous Ideas in 2009.]

Article from our Journal: Marriage - and Polygamy  

We also mentioned that Michael Kirby, in speaking to the recent Senate Inquiry, was asked about multiple partner 'marriage'. He said, "The question that is before the parliament at the moment is the question of equality for homosexual people. There may be, in some future time, some other question. The lesson in courts and in the parliament, I suggest, is that you take matters step by step." [Transcript - see page 13]

Yes - step by step... that's the slippery slope!

Shane Neumann, a Labor MP who opposes same-sex 'marriage, rejected this claim about the legalisation of polygamy, saying, "from those more fundamentalist extremists from a religious point of view, there have been some ridiculous claims in relation to polygamy et al. This is simply nonsense." 

But is it?

When Andrew Bolt criticised Malcolm Turnbull's call for the legalisation of same-sex marriage (speech here), Andrew referred to opening the door to legalising polygamy!  

Malcolm Turnbull responded, rejecting the criticism about 'slippery slopes'.... He said, "First he (Andrew) says that if you recognised gay unions with the title of marriage you open the door to polygamy. This is the weakest and worst sort of argument used against any change and known as the "slippery slope" argument - if first you make one change then a whole series of other changes will follow. As any lawyers reading this blog will know, judges treat arguments like this with the contempt they deserve. There is no demand, no lobby, no support, no constituency for legalising polygamy under the Marriage Act."

Andrew Bolt responded again, highlighting how the slippery slope works in areas such as abortion and euthanasia and outlining various calls for polygamy in Australia. 

Today, Andrew Bolt adds more evidence. . .
He highlights an article in the Herald Sun, where the official Preston Mosque Facebook page (in a post he says was approved by at least one Committee member) tells Muslim women that they need to accept that their husbands might take a second 'wife'...

He also mentions that the leadership of the Australian Young Greens recently called for a public debate on polyamorous 'marriage'!

Andrew concludes "There is a slippery slope, Malcolm. And you're standing on the top of it."

Read Andrew's blog - click here.