• @sugar_in_your_tea
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    72 months ago

    It’s also not that strange in more secular contexts, see this article about polyamory in general. So I think it makes sense for people to be okay with the concept of plural marriage, while not wanting to engage with it themselves (e.g. it wouldn’t work for me).

    • @[email protected]
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      102 months ago

      I suspect most of the time, non monogamy via religion is going to be shitty. It’s probably going to favor men and be controlling.

      I know many people who do consensual non monogamy in real life. Personally I don’t like the DADT or strictly-hierarchical modes

      People who aren’t familiar with it say some pretty wild things about it.

      My take is if you can have multiple friends, and you’re okay with your friends having friends, you’re like 80% of the way there.

      The last 20% is likely to crash into “it just is, stop asking me to introspect this is uncomfortable and I’m mad!”

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      Yeah I agree. Religions have bonus rules related to that, but consent makes it fine, there’s no actual ick there innately. There’s plenty of room for a religion to make it creepy and not OK, but that’s not fundamentally tied to polygamy.