Culture Watch:  Polygamy

Several months ago, an article in this column dealt with the proposition of homosexual marriage. One of the points made was that if this could be legalized it would open the floodgates to other forms of sexual immorality. After all, if it is discrimination to refuse marriage to two homosexuals “in love” then wouldn’t it be discrimination to refuse marriage to a man “in love” with several women or vice versa?

Recently, HBO aired a new series called “Big Love.” It is about a fictional polygamous family where one husband, played by Bill Paxton, is married to three wives. Interestingly, this show is beginning to gain sympathy from the pro-polygamy crowd.

Mary Batchelor, the director of Principle Voices, a polygamy advocacy group, said of the show, “This is a glimpse of a family that is mainstream.”

After TV shows like “Will & Grace” and “Ellen” tried to normalize homosexuality, it only took a few years to see this nation in the midst of a raging debate about legalizing homosexual marriage. Don’t be surprised if we see the same thing about polygamy in the future as well.

God’s plan for marriage from the beginning has been one man and one woman for one lifetime (see Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; 1 Corinthians 7:2). Real Christians should not be swayed by the world’s attempt to normalize sin.

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