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From: avenell@koh-sun5.usc.edu (Talon)
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Subject: Re: Group Marriages
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Date: 18 Jan 90 22:23:29 GMT
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mortisia@oxy.edu (Lynn Alyn Tanner) writes:
>Yes, I was interested in what people would think about group marriage.
>i.e. Three or more people in love with each other.  Pros & Cons

I suggest that group marriages are a bad idea for the following
reason:

1)  Competition.  When dealing with such an intimate type of
realationship, the involvement of more than one spouse will develop
striff, dissent, jealous, envy, and greed.  Furthermore, the
individuals will invariably be placed on a performance basis.  As in,
the one who puts out the best will derive the greatest favoritism.

2)  Commitment.  The most significant feature and benefit of marriage
is commitment.  If there are more than one spouse, one cannot say, "I
commitment to you".  Conflict of interest will soon become the
standard for the participants.

3)  Direction.  Decision-making processes will be skewed by the great
quantities of opinions.  This will hinder crucial decisions which
invariably arise in the future, for example, child development,
finances, sexual relationships (related topic like birth control and
abortion), etc.

I will probably think of some more reasons later.


Frank "Talon" Avenell				avenell@usc.edu