New kinds of marriages in Massachusetts
Our home state of Massachusetts has been in the news recently for a positive decision on gay marriages. It would seem that the next natural step would be state recognition of other types of alternative unions. Apparently we don’t think heterosexuality is worthy of special legal treatment anymore. Why should duality be favored then over plurality? Why can’t a voluntarily polygamous family or polyandrous family apply for a marriage license? The cultural and cross-cultural precedent for polygamy is certainly much stronger than for gay marriage.
My friend Richard and I were flying to Bradley Field in Connecticut today (excellent airplane museum) and it occurred to us that this could solve America’s health insurance problem. Consider 50 uninsured people. They could all get married in one big union. One of the 50 could take a job with really good health benefits, e.g., for the government. The other 49 would then get spousal health benefits.
