Re: Failover succeeds, again, and again, and again.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:33:42 +0000 (UTC), abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter
Corlett) wrote:

Given that Western countries have laws heavily influenced by Christian[1]
doctrine, would we make the necessary changes or would we stick our heads
in the sand?

As long as actual bigamy doesn't take place, the UK doesn't really give a
toss about poly relationships. This is an advantage and a disadvantage: it's
not forbidden, but not recognised in law either.

Countless men and women have engaged in sexual intercourse outside
marriage through the last 20 centuries. Very few have actually
simultaneously been married to multiple partners at least in
Christendom. Marriage is what makes bigamy, not sexual relations.
.

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