Amber arguing two sides of an issue

Arguing two sides of an issue --and researching the side you don't believe in and standing up for it was a fun challenge for Amber. She chose polygamy as her subject. Because I'm a doggie with alot of sister dogs living with us, this was definately interesting--wuff wuff



Polygamous Rights are Righteous

Although polygamy is not legal in The United States, it’s still a controversial question of individual rights. Because of the negative way society looks at polygamist families, the laws across America condemn such unions. America is proud to proclaim that this is the Land of the Free, however polygamist marriages have not been legalized. Men and women have given their lives so that our society can live with equal rights and freedom to choose. The right to decide who to love, who to marry, and how many wives to have, should be left up to each individual’s personal preference.
Every American has the right to choose his or her own religious beliefs. Fundamental Mormons are no exception. Spirituality within the family is significant among polygamist groups. The Bible is accepted as truth within several religions, and it is an important part of our society as a whole. Bibles are used in courtrooms, and God’s name is used as a way to promise truth. Classrooms across the country use the name of God in the Pledge of Allegiance. If courtrooms and classrooms can live by the standards within the Bible then why shouldn’t polygamy be another part of mainstream American culture?
Families throughout the Bible live Polygamist lives under God’s principle and even Prophets lived monogamous polygamy. It is a religious belief that doesn’t hurt anyone, and the illogical views that only one wife should be married with one man must be eradicated.
The benefits within a polygamist family unit are especially important. Society views Polygamist lifestyles as a degradation of women and children, however, the women and children are treated much better within a polygamist family than within the nuclear family. In a polygamist home the pressure to keep a man sexually satisfied while keeping up with the housework, bearing children, cooking and cleaning is a shared experience. Having sister wives eases the heavy burden of being a woman. Sister wives rarely are jealous of other sister wives because they work together for the ultimate purpose: To serve God, to serve and honor their husband, and to procreate . This is a much easier thing to achieve if you have help within your own family unit. The polygamist home is well kept because of shared house chores and children are easier to manage when sister wives are in the home sharing responsibilities of raising them equally. Another important benefit of polygamist marriages is that if a woman is unable to bear children, she is still able to share in the joys of motherhood.
The intimate trust between sister wives is powerful because the women know that their husbands are taken care of and loved by other sister wives. They know where their husbands are, and intimate lovemaking stays within the family marriage instead of out in the world with strangers or lovers. Diseases such as Aids and herpes are spreading throughout society because of unsafe sexuality. Monogamous polygamist marriages last longer than nuclear marriages where cheating and lying happen frequently. Divorce within a spiritual and polygamist home is not frequent.
Polygamists are not asking for acceptance of their religious beliefs. They only want equal rights that are given to one-on-one marriages between men and women in our society. It is time for citizens across our great nation to accept the unions of families through polygamy, regardless of uneducated and ignorant non-believers.