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I'm reading things in the news. In particular, I'm reading about how homosexual marriage is soon going to be legal in California. Of course, there are those who say that they're going to try their hardest to overturn the court's ruling, and there are those that are going to fight the ruling overturning the ruling, and the cycle will never end.

Alright, I might have personal feeling and opinions concerning the subject, but this is America where none of that matters. Really, the feeling in this country is that we can't legislate morality.

I beg to differ. We do legislate morality. Back in the nineteenth century, polygamist lifestyles had to be banned in this country. Now, I'm certainly not an advocate for polygamy, but I find it odd that people don't object when morality concerning polygamy is fine, but morality concerning homosexuality isn't. In most of the world's religions (and really, the garden-variety religions that you're going to find here in the United States), polygamy is an acceptable lifestyle. If you look in Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Mormon scriptures, you will find many examples of honourably portrayed characters who had multiple spouses. However, in each of those religions, there are harsh penalties for homosexual acts.

This leads to my thought: why is polygamy unacceptable and homosexuality acceptable?