Comments on: Malawi Government Pleased With Homosexuality Conviction http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 16:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: ebltn69 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68753 ebltn69 Thu, 20 May 2010 09:39:27 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68753 Where are this people brains? 2010 and ignorance still very present. Where are this people brains? 2010 and ignorance still very present.

]]> By: Mark F. http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68736 Mark F. Thu, 20 May 2010 01:00:02 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68736 Yes, polygamy is against the law---if you try to have more than one legally recognized marriage at the same time. Mormons in Utah can have 6 wives --- but the state will only recognize one of them. Yes, polygamy is against the law—if you try to have more than one legally recognized marriage at the same time. Mormons in Utah can have 6 wives — but the state will only recognize one of them.

]]> By: Burr http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68722 Burr Wed, 19 May 2010 21:49:42 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68722 Two wrongs don't make a right. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

]]> By: John in the Bay Area http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68721 John in the Bay Area Wed, 19 May 2010 21:46:11 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68721 I think the US and EU should re-evaluate their aide relationship to Malawi. Also, if Malawi has some sort of special trade benefits, those should also be re-evaluated. I think the US and EU should re-evaluate their aide relationship to Malawi. Also, if Malawi has some sort of special trade benefits, those should also be re-evaluated.

]]> By: Scott L. http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68720 Scott L. Wed, 19 May 2010 21:37:45 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68720 Erin, Just to clarify, polygamy IS against the law in this country and polygamists DO get sent to jail. Not often, but it does happen. Most of the time polygamists coerce underage girls into these marriages, or claim divine sanction for their actions. Since most polygamists in this country are members of various religious cults, those women who enter willingly into these "plural marriages" are almost always unaware of the wider world. And many of these marriages are incestuous. Erin,

Just to clarify, polygamy IS against the law in this country and polygamists DO get sent to jail. Not often, but it does happen.

Most of the time polygamists coerce underage girls into these marriages, or claim divine sanction for their actions. Since most polygamists in this country are members of various religious cults, those women who enter willingly into these “plural marriages” are almost always unaware of the wider world. And many of these marriages are incestuous.

]]> By: Erin http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68716 Erin Wed, 19 May 2010 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68716 So, it is ok for their country to imprison gay couples for over a decade because that's what we do to polygamists here?.....Oh wait. We don't imprison polygamists, we just don't give people marriage licenses for more than one spouse. Big difference, moron. So, it is ok for their country to imprison gay couples for over a decade because that’s what we do to polygamists here?…..Oh wait. We don’t imprison polygamists, we just don’t give people marriage licenses for more than one spouse. Big difference, moron.

]]> By: L. Junius Brutus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68712 L. Junius Brutus Wed, 19 May 2010 19:22:26 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68712 Bahati and the Ugandan bigots really sabotaged their own cause by making the bill so draconian that it sparked an international outcry. If they were only content to crack down in a "mild" way (but no less destructive to the victims), like this case, not a word of protest would have been muttered. Bahati and the Ugandan bigots really sabotaged their own cause by making the bill so draconian that it sparked an international outcry. If they were only content to crack down in a “mild” way (but no less destructive to the victims), like this case, not a word of protest would have been muttered.

]]> By: MJC http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68704 MJC Wed, 19 May 2010 17:46:23 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68704 oh, yes, of course. Impeccable logic. NOT. oh, yes, of course. Impeccable logic.

NOT.

]]> By: Paul in Canada http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/19/22796/comment-page-1#comment-68697 Paul in Canada Wed, 19 May 2010 15:31:58 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=22796#comment-68697 Huh? Are these people on crack? Huh? Are these people on crack?

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