Interested in the latest wisdom or folly of a major newspaper columnist suggestion to legalize polygamy in the USA?
The Chicago Tribune article titled: Utah taking steps toward decriminalizing polygamy, states:
“Even in conservative circles, policing intimate relations is not seen as an important or even valid government responsibility.”
The Purpose of This Post
Is to question if conservative circles really agree with the writer’s opinion? If not, perhaps the government legislators need to be reminded of their responsibility for wise use of taxpayer’s funds. Funds that everyone has to pay to subsidize the fellow citizens that have to pay for the valid results of other people’s intimate relations.
King Solomon
One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor. (Prover 17:18)
What’s My Point?
The above proverb gives advice that it is not wise to co-sign and become responsible for the debts of another.
How does that apply to polygamy you may be wondering? It applies in the same “no sense” since that we live in a Republic which is a community of hopefully good friends and neighbors who because of taxation, are in a sense agreeing to pay for those in our Nation when they either cannot pay for the choices they make.
Whether they cannot pay because of an accident or misfortune they have no control over. Or whether they make foolish choices in their lives in search of pleasures, or knowingly take advantage of a friend by asking him to guarantee to pay for his foolish choice or mistakes he makes in life.
In a Republic, when we agree to change a law to make it easier someone to make a foolish choice that result of him or her not being able to pay his creditors, it is not wise to cosign and agree to pay for their choices.
In other words, in the USA, we have a political party that believes that everyone has a Right to indulge in some very risky pleasures of their own choice. And when they become incapable to pay for the sad results of their unhealthy foolish choices, it is up to their friends (taxpayers) who cosigned to pay in a Republic.
For example, every law that passed to pay for medical costs of those who choose to smoke cigarettes, or marijuana, engage in sex that risks a sexual transmitted disease, or a pregnancy that results in taxpayers having to pay for the choices of others is in essence obligated as a cosigner agreement by taxpayers in the Republic of the USA.
That is unless those who indulge in risky behaviors pay for a very expensive self-insurance policy to cover their choices.
As for the record of who winds up paying for the households of polygomus families? The facts are polygamy family members wind up being on significant government food and family subsidies.
In My Opinion
In the upcoming 2020 election, if you consider yourself as being a cosigner of all the programs they are proposing because we are all in essence agreeing to become responsible for all the costs as taxpayers.
If Interested
Read the Source Links below which include government costs for “intimate relations” in the USA being paid in large part by taxpayers or non-participants of intimate healthy people insurance premiums.
You Decide
Do you believe the King Solomon wisdom warning that only people with no sense agree it cosign a loan for a neighbor?
Which political party platform that makes no sense will you choose “Next” to agree to consign as a taxpayer to support in a Republic with a currently 22 TRILLION DOLLARs in DEBT?
Is passing a law to reinstate polygamy and making you pay really seem to you: as an important or even valid government responsibility.”
Regards and goodwill blogging.
Source Links
Chicago Tribune
Polygamists Get a Lot of Government Money
CDC STD Cost Continue to Rise in USA
https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/2019/2018-STD-surveillance-report-press-release.html
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why do we assume marriage is pleasure, or pleasures, (divorce), addicts don’t find comfort in their addiction,s they are slaves, human thinking has lowered the point of interest from issues of the heart to the lower ground, perhaps it’s the over exposure of all that we have the basic interest in. In olden times, Solomon had more than one wife, same as many of the prophets, sometimes we have to look upon the marriage day and all the wonders it promises, as what marriage means, when in truth, that’s just the going away party before the real work begins. Sorry if i seem off radar, but this world of ours tries to project Perfection into the world, same way many preach purity of this and that, while knowing, that only God is pure Spirit, lets try to understand and apply wisdom, good post though, have a great day. our environments are crashing, that is the real issue.
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bwcarey
Thanks again for your interesting comments which frankly I love because it opens doors for me to further explain my opinions.
For example, I agree your statements are valid that:
“our environments are crashing, that is the real issue” … why do we assume marriage is pleasure, Solomon had more than one wife, same as many of the prophets…. let’s try to understand and apply wisdom,’’’
And I especially appreciate your statement:
“let’s try to understand and apply wisdom”
While all of your statements are valid in my opinion, I believe everyone in our Republic needs to take a time out to discern the why and because “our environments are crashing” instead of proposing more “NEXT,” which I purposely inserted in the title of this post.
Frankly, the main reasons why and because all points to the words “absent responsibility for our choices” in my opinion.
Rather than try to explain in detail in this comment, I intend to write a follow up post to answer my opinions of the “whys and becauses” reasons and especially the comment phrases you used in my previous post.
“there is a lot of change going on everywhere, and it seems to be pushing everyone to alter their opinions, amen. “
“it’s a journey not an obsession, amen “
My point will be that the journey is “nothing new under the sun” according to King Solomon’s verses 3000 years ago. And is the present journey going to turn out to be wise or foolish repeat journey in history.
Thanks again for your comments.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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@bwcarey
Everyone has their “real issue”. At the same time, everyone wants the government to be concerned about everything. Kind of makes it impossible to deal with the real issue, whatever it is.
If you read the Bible carefully, you will find that the Bible does not approve of polygamy. Since polygamy existed, the Bible speaks of it, but it also reports the numerous problems.
Consider that King Solomon wrote this verse.
true, jealousy does cause great disharmony, but even in Islam, there are reasons for everything, we can’t blame marriage for the lack of fidelity that exists between normal married people either. Perhaps, there is too much emphasis on what constitutes marriage, as everyone knows, there is a lot of confusion out there, stay safe, amen
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@bwcarey
To much emphasis on what constitutes a marriage? That’s a curious proposition. Are we more confused when we care (Too much?) about the truth, or when we are indifferent to the truth?
I suspect you are right in the sense we have put the emphasis on the wrong thing. Here is something I think you will agree with. When the emphasis is on “me”, marriage cannot work. Marriage works when the two become “one”, when a man and a woman put their union before self.
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well said Tom, marriage has to be explained fully, you are giving up yourself for a greater good, the creation of a stronger love, amen
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Bwcarey, Tom
Interesting to read both your comments about marriage.
In my opinion, anyone who has been married as long as I have who is interested in defining what marriage is should read Ecclesiastes Chapter Three and reflect on their marriage experiences in life.
People of faith understand it to be a blessing. Government and parents a responsibility, and those who marry for all of the other reasons they envision such as romance, money, power, tax incentives, may wind up believing marriage is as verse six.
If Interested,
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3&version=NIV
In other words, marriage is a season in life, for some who were wise in the belief their choice of a mate is a blessing, or otherwise…
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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