Rhian
Do you support marriage equality for polyamorists and if not why not?
Don't all the same unfairness/discrimination/marginalisation/sexuality/inclusivenessarguments apply?

Why are extreme rightwingers against love, which is beautiful in any form.
Over to you the LNP groupies for response !!

JKJ
Interesting question. I come back to the point I made earlier, that marriage is what society determines it to be. I think much, perhaps most, of society is ready to accept same-sex marriage. Polyamory is not there yet, in Australia at least. But I take the point about the inequality argument being equally applicable to any relationships voluntarily entered into by consulting adults.

There is nothing intrinsic to marriage that precludes polyamory by definition. In many past societies, and some current ones, polygamy is the norm - a Sudanese friend of mine was her first husband’s second wife (concurrent wife – in Australia these things tend to be done consecutively!). Polyandry is much rarer, but not unheard of.

Kipp, since when does marriage have anything to do with love?

If you are to grant marriage licenses based on "love", perhaps we need lie detector tests prior to exchanging vows.

That will weed out the marrying-for-money, marrying-for-citizenship, marrying-to-cover-up-homosexuality, marrying-due-to-pregnancy, marrying-to-please-parents couples.

And married couples should periodically be retested too, to annul the unions of staying-unhappily-married-for-the-kids, staying-married-until-rich-hubby-croaks, staying-married-for-the-prestigious-family-name couples.

Shockadelic, good one LOL