In John Witte Jr’s Article, “ The case against polygamy” an article published by First Thing. Witte Jr discusses the fact that religious groups such as mormons and muslims to name a few, have argued against the government in an attempt to protect the act. Witte Jr furthers to ask if polygamy is the new same sex marriage. In “ The case against polygamy”
Witte Jr states that while recognition of same sex marriage does not make legalization inevitable(2) Witte Jr argues that in the hebrew bible more than two dozen polygamist among the heroes of faith(2). But the greeks were the first to state that polygamy is a form of domestic tyranny.. Augustine wrote about polygamy but argued that polygamy was a thing for the biblical patriarchs, but not for people of this day.
In an argument against nature Witte Jr continues to say that in the animal world, animals have the knowledge that reproduction occurs between male and female. But he says that an animal may have several mates during its lifetime.He furthers to say, that a man can impregnate several women in one night, but only one man can impregnate one woman at a certain time on the same night. Writers of the catholic and protestant faith wrote that polygamy was not only a violation of the law but that it violates the rights of wives and children. …show more content…
I believe that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman. One man, and one woman. While muslims and mormons may argue that the government is infringing on their rights by not allowing polygamy to exist in the united states. While the argument can certainly be made. Our rights, the rights set by our founding fathers, do guarantee us freedom of religion in our first amendment. But, in order for someone to act on their right as a citizen they must keep in mind that by causing harm to anyone else by acting on your personal rights. Does not constitute as
Witte Jr states that while recognition of same sex marriage does not make legalization inevitable(2) Witte Jr argues that in the hebrew bible more than two dozen polygamist among the heroes of faith(2). But the greeks were the first to state that polygamy is a form of domestic tyranny.. Augustine wrote about polygamy but argued that polygamy was a thing for the biblical patriarchs, but not for people of this day.
In an argument against nature Witte Jr continues to say that in the animal world, animals have the knowledge that reproduction occurs between male and female. But he says that an animal may have several mates during its lifetime.He furthers to say, that a man can impregnate several women in one night, but only one man can impregnate one woman at a certain time on the same night. Writers of the catholic and protestant faith wrote that polygamy was not only a violation of the law but that it violates the rights of wives and children. …show more content…
I believe that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman. One man, and one woman. While muslims and mormons may argue that the government is infringing on their rights by not allowing polygamy to exist in the united states. While the argument can certainly be made. Our rights, the rights set by our founding fathers, do guarantee us freedom of religion in our first amendment. But, in order for someone to act on their right as a citizen they must keep in mind that by causing harm to anyone else by acting on your personal rights. Does not constitute as