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Originally Posted by DementedReality
well wait, i think there are two different issues at play ...
i am for consenting adults marrying each other (ie ... everyone is marred to everyone, so if i had two wives, my wives would each have a husband and a wife)
i am against one party having multiple spouses but those spouses are not married to the others. like in bountiful, the wives arent married to each other right?
in one case, its a mutual relationship of love amongst each other. in the second case, its a power and control issue.
so seems there are different scenario's at play.
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That is a potentially extremely important point because it clearly distinguishes SSMs from polygamous unions without relying on a ground that also distinguishes them from heterosexual unions.
Basically, that allows for the argument that there is an imbalance of power between parties to a polygamous marriage which may have some detrimental effects. Not an argument you can raise in respect of heterosexual marriages, SSMs, or unions of multiple people who are all equally married to each other. So long as you find some detrimental effects to point to, the point you raise may provide a window for the courts to throw out polygamous marriages (and justifying that action under the Charter).
Just the kind of "out" the Supreme Court might want to rely upon, and a whole new twist on the discussion.