Marriage is between a man and his 42 wives in Utah

[TheMachineWins]

Go ahead post all the other absurd justifications for "marriage" that pass while others are denied basic human rights.

[stray cat]

1. illegal

[book_worm]

2. I didn't know polygamy was still legal in Utah.

[TheMachineWins]

4. I don't know either, just pointing out the absurdity and inequalities

our society tries to pass off as acceptable.

[brendan120678]

10. It's not. In fact...

Utah was denied statehood until they outlawed polygamy.

[Blue_Tires]

19. it isn't, but the state unofficially looks the other way with a wink and a nod

[mzmolly]

3. Frankly THAT, is biblical marriage.

;)

[Ikonoklast]

7. That's my idea of Hell on Earth.

I'd hate to see that 'honey-do' list.

[opihimoimoi]

5. In Tuva....Women can have 43 Husbands....the result of one male child per couple for 30 years

resulted in the ratio of 1 woman for every 37 men is absurd....Pretty women can fetch 55 husbands....Boyle types only 4 or 5..

:sarcasm:

[Vickers]

6. Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and his third wife.

Love,

Newton Leroy Gingrich (actual name)

[havocmom]

17. A fear I hope haunts my ex's second wife

:evilgrin:

[ejpoeta]

8. that is not a legal marriage though. though it is funny how they can fight gay marriage

while their people are out in plural marriages. though the church does not officially accept these either.

[MountainLaurel]

9. Marriage is between a 60 yo man and the 16 yo he knocked up

Meet my former neighbors.

[TheMachineWins]

11. Good one

If we're gonna go there, I used to know a guy who was married to the woman his brother married and the woman was raising a child from each guy. It was just 1 happy family living in the same house.

[MountainLaurel]

13. That's kind of funny

The parents of the 16 yo in my example (who were happier than sheepshit about the pregnancy, because not only did the groom have a good job driving a truck but he also had a nice pension from the mines, so he could support their lazy asses) was part of a situation where four sisters married four brothers. Rumor has it that there was a lot of sibling swapping among the two sets.

[Siyahamba]

12. Marriage is between a man and his mail-order bride he has never met.

Yet a same-sex binational couple who has been in a ten year committed relationship are considered strangers by law.

[MountainLaurel]

14. Strong work!

I used to have a library patron who spent his days looking at international "dating" sites.

[dem629]

15. Marriage is between a man who wants a hot, young wife and the hot, young wife who wants his gold.

[BolivarianHero]

16. For Heaven's sake...

I dislike Mormonism and certain Mormons for reasons that go well beyond Proposition H8, but at least make accurate jokes instead of resorting to stereotypes. There are so many ways of ridiculing Utah that don't require us to make crap up. Laugh at the fact they can't drink coffee (note Utah law, Mormon ban against hot beverages) or that they're just now legalising public bars.

[TheMachineWins]

20. Your request is to make accurate jokes? Now that's truly funny

I'll go ahead and remove every cartoon ever made while I'm at it, every comic shall be banned, any reference to anything that is not deemed accurate shall be prohibited and reported to the ministry of propaganda!

[BolivarianHero]

22. Relax...

There's so much to work with when it comes to Mormonism that you shouldn't need to make stuff up.

[TheMachineWins]

23. Do I have your permission to relax as well as your permission to joke?

Oh thank you so much, I can proceed through life with confidence now!

[TheMachineWins]

21. Here's another person who dared joke about Mormons

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/05/27/notes052709.DTL&tsp=1

The big gay shrug
Sorry, enemies of gay marriage. Prop 8 or no, you've already lost

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Here's a fun thing to do to calm your frazzled, saddened nerves in the wake of the CA Supreme Court's very unfortunate, but also merely annoying and karmically fleeting Proposition 8 decision:

Head on down to your local high school -- hell, make it a junior high or even an elementary -- and take yourself an informal survey. Ask the various wary, bepimpled youth of Generation Tweet what they think about those scary gay people getting married.

Ask them, in your most panicky, alarmist, Mormonified voice: Aren't they horrified at the very idea? Aren't they shocked at the very thought of two people in love having their union officially recognized and validated by the state?

Don't they know the musty ol' Bible mutters some barely coherent, mistranslated silliness about it in a single word or two written 1,500 years ago in a long dead language by acidic church elders with powermad political agendas and violently repressed libidos who nevertheless wish to instruct us all how to live and love and screw?

[Sequoia]

24. So, it's 40 wives.

There are plural marriages alive and strong in Utah. They just hide it.

[mmonk]

18. It appears he believes what he believes with conviction.