Huckabee on HIV in 1992: "We need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague"

[mawilson 2,133]

My personal opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I've heard this statement many times before, but can anyone explain what it really means?

I mean, whose idea was it to marry men and women to begin with?

How did marriage begin? When did the first "marriage" take place?

Anthropologically speaking, it doesn't make sense for a man or a woman to have a

single partner, so I'm guessing it was "the church" that decided that men should

marry women, and they probably had an ulterior motive for doing so.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

My personal opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I've heard this statement many times before, but can anyone explain what it really means?

I mean, whose idea was it to marry men and women to begin with?

How did marriage begin? When did the first "marriage" take place?

Anthropologically speaking, it doesn't make sense for a man or a woman to have a

single partner, so I'm guessing it was "the church" that decided that men should

marry women, and they probably had an ulterior motive for doing so.

The same reason the Church has been trying so long and hard to kill Darwinian evolution.

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

Edited December 10, 2007 by VJ Troll

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

1992!, 1992? I'd hate to be judged in 2007 for an opinion I had 15 years ago. Views change, over time, when more information is brought to light.

[mawilson 2,133]

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

I agree. A union of, say, 2 men and 2 women would work much better.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

I agree. A union of, say, 2 men and 2 women would work much better.

I think ad hoc, on-demand couplings may work even better.

[no name 1]

1992!, 1992? I'd hate to be judged in 2007 for an opinion I had 15 years ago. Views change, over time, when more information is brought to light.

Did you even read this thread? See post #11 amongst others saying what was known fact in 1992 regarding this issue.

[Ban Hammer 13,143]

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

I agree. A union of, say, 2 men and 2 women would work much better.

you've been watching too much "wife swap"

[mawilson 2,133]

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

I agree. A union of, say, 2 men and 2 women would work much better.

I think ad hoc, on-demand couplings may work even better.

Yeah, but not for raising children and such. Children need stability.

Think of it: one household, 2 men, 2 women.

A lot more money coming in - can get a bigger house.

All raise each other's children -- four parents better than two.

Both men and women can choose who to sleep with - variety.

No downsides whatsoever.

Unfortunately, most people are too narrow-minded to even consider this as a possibility,

and religion is to blame.

[Ban Hammer 13,143]

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

I agree. A union of, say, 2 men and 2 women would work much better.

I think ad hoc, on-demand couplings may work even better.

Yeah, but not for raising children and such. Children need stability.

Think of it: one household, 2 men, 2 women.

A lot more money coming in - can get a bigger house.

All raise each other's children -- four parents better than two.

Both men and women can choose who to sleep with - variety.

No downsides whatsoever.

Unfortunately, most people are too narrow-minded to even consider this as a possibility,

and religion is to blame.

why not one guy and two bi women?

[mawilson 2,133]

why not one guy and two bi women?

I don't see why not - if it works for you.

[jundp 191]

2.9 million people died of AIDS last year. Someone dies once every 11 seconds from AIDS or HIV-related diseases. Worldwide though. I tried to find numbers for the US alone and couldn't. December 1 was World AIDS Awareness Day and I remember reading that in the US the highest age group of people with AIDS is heterosexual women between the ages of 18 and 30, but I can't find that stat. Still looking.

btw, that really has nothing to do with Huckabee, I realize that. Sorry.

However, the total number of people living in the USA with HIV/AIDS is thought to be between 1,039,000 and 1,185,0005.

Thank you. I was looking for the number of US deaths though. I will look later. My break's about over.

[no name 1]

2.9 million people died of AIDS last year. Someone dies once every 11 seconds from AIDS or HIV-related diseases. Worldwide though. I tried to find numbers for the US alone and couldn't. December 1 was World AIDS Awareness Day and I remember reading that in the US the highest age group of people with AIDS is heterosexual women between the ages of 18 and 30, but I can't find that stat. Still looking.

btw, that really has nothing to do with Huckabee, I realize that. Sorry.

However, the total number of people living in the USA with HIV/AIDS is thought to be between 1,039,000 and 1,185,0005.

Thank you. I was looking for the number of US deaths though. I will look later. My break's about over.

The number of deaths among people with AIDS has remained relatively stable since 1999; there were an estimated 17,011 deaths in 2005. Since the beginning of the epidemic, an estimated 550,394 people with AIDS have died in the USA.

[Ban Hammer 13,143]

why not one guy and two bi women?

I don't see why not - if it works for you.

or go for 2 guys and 3 chicks, then that would qualify as an orgy instead of wife swapping

[one...two...tree 2,762]

My personal opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I've heard this statement many times before, but can anyone explain what it really means?

I mean, whose idea was it to marry men and women to begin with?

How did marriage begin? When did the first "marriage" take place?

Anthropologically speaking, it doesn't make sense for a man or a woman to have a

single partner, so I'm guessing it was "the church" that decided that men should

marry women, and they probably had an ulterior motive for doing so.

The same reason the Church has been trying so long and hard to kill Darwinian evolution.

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

Monogamy exists in the animal kingdom so I doubt the Church invented the concept.

[no name 1]

My personal opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I've heard this statement many times before, but can anyone explain what it really means?

I mean, whose idea was it to marry men and women to begin with?

How did marriage begin? When did the first "marriage" take place?

Anthropologically speaking, it doesn't make sense for a man or a woman to have a

single partner, so I'm guessing it was "the church" that decided that men should

marry women, and they probably had an ulterior motive for doing so.

The same reason the Church has been trying so long and hard to kill Darwinian evolution.

Monogamy actually doesn't make any sense.

Monogamy exists in the animal kingdom so I doubt the Church invented the concept.

So does polygamy. Your point?