Let No Grass Grow Under Your Feet

Thought I was kidding about the next frontier after the Supremes' gay marriage decision being polygamy? Well, consider the concluding paragraph from a Politico piece dated June 26, 2015 and entitled "It's Time to Legalize Polygamy."

"I suspect that many progressives would recognize, when pushed in this way, that the case against polygamy is incredibly flimsy, almost entirely lacking in rational basis and animated by purely irrational fears and prejudice. What we’re left with is an unsatisfying patchwork of unconvincing arguments and bad ideas, ones embraced for short-term convenience at long-term cost. We must insist that rights cannot be dismissed out of short-term interests of logistics and political pragmatism. The course then, is clear: to look beyond political convenience and conservative intransigence, and begin to make the case for extending legal marriage rights to more loving and committed adults. It’s time."

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/gay-marriage-decision-polygamy-119469.html#ixzz3eMlRZcd6

From a moral and policy perspective, I could not disagree more with the writer. From a legal perspective, though, the writer is absolutely correct that if you follow Kennedy's core logic in the gay marriage decision, the legal case against polygamy (and a of of other "exotic" relationships) is flimsy to the point of non-existent. Please place your seats and tray tables in an upright position as we prepare for takeoff into a "brave" new world. BTW, you might assume the crash position at the same time.