Poly, Poly, Legalize Me

Polyamory (unofficial polygamy) is slowly spreading. I reported in July 2020 how the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, had broadened its definition of domestic partnership to give polyamorous relationships the same rights as a married couple. Recently the neighboring city of Cambridge, home to Harvard University, has done likewise.

From the Christian Post, 

"Last week, the Cambridge City Council approved an ordinance amending the city’s existing statute so that domestic partnerships are not limited to only two people...

A domestic partnership in the city that is home to Harvard University is now defined as 'the entity formed by two or more persons' who are not related and 'consider themselves to be a family.' They must file a registration stating that they are 'in a relationship of mutual support, caring and commitment and intend to remain in such a relationship.'

The revised policy removes the requirement that everyone in the partnership must live together and also scraps a section that makes domestic partners submit proof of their familial relationship to the city."

Who is behind this movement?

There is an entity called the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition (PLAC) that is providing legal advice to those wanting to legalize polyamory/polygamy. Their webpage claims to have assisted in drawing up the ordinance for Cambridge,

"The ordinance was developed with detailed input from the newly formed Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition (PLAC), and is the first of what advocates hope will be a wave of legal recognition for polyamorous families and relationships in 2021..." 

"PLAC has drafted sample legislation to assist cities in establishing their own multi-partner domestic partnership ordinances, as well as non-discrimination ordinances to protect polyamorous families and individuals."

They then make an extraordinary claim, 

"An estimated 11% of people in the United States have engaged in a polyamorous relationship at some point during their life..."

 Who are their allies?

"To support this momentum, the Chosen Family Law Center and Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic teamed up with other mental health professionals and lawyers to create PLAC. PLAC, whose mission is supported by the American Psychological Association’s Division 44 Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy..."

 A quick "swing" over to the American Psychological (or should that be psycho-logical?) Association page shows this, 

"The Task Force on Consensual Non-Monogamy promotes awareness and inclusivity about consensual non-monogamy and diverse expressions of intimate relationships. These include but are not limited to: people who practice polyamory, open relationships, swinging, relationship anarchy and other types of ethical, non-monogamous relationships." 

Going back to the PLAC page one look at "Our Team" gives you an idea of what the towns around Boston are up against. Take Mx. Kimberly M. Rhoten whose preferred pronoun is "They". They are,

"a founding member of PLAC and is a lawyer, advocate, and researcher. They received their B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and their Juris Doctorate from The University of Chicago Law School."

Berkley goes to Boston, no surprise there. PLAC should have used "are" instead of "is" in their description of "them".

And then we have Heron Greenesmith who also is described as "they",

"..a founding member of PLAC and a progressive policy attorney & advocate who specializes in providing support for bisexual and pansexual communities. From the White House to conferences across the country, Heron speaks and writes about the disparities facing LGBTQ people and how to remedy them through policy advocacy."

And poor Alexander Chen, Esq. whose preferred pronoun is "he",

"Alexander Chen is a founding member of PLAC and the Founding Director of the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic. Alexander’s work focuses on expanding the rights of LGBTQ+ people. He also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law at the Law School."

"He" must feel like the odd man out in that crowded PLAC office.   

So WWJS? 

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” -Matthew 19:5-6

I say that Jesus got it right and the PLAC, APA, Cambridge, and Somerville got it wrong. 

We predicted this would happen once same-sex marriage became the law of the land. 

The farther we as a nation walk apart from Jesus, the farther down the road to Gomorrah we go.

What could possibly go wrong?