Is #Polygamist #Marriage the next uphill battle? With its growth. - http://clapway.com/2015/08/20/polygamist-wedding-legalizing-gay-marriage-encouraged-legalization-of-polygamy-243/

1967, blacks are permitted to marry whites; 2015, men are permitted to marry men; what’s next? Legal analysts believe the next bill to be passed in this country could be legalizing polygamist marriage.

What is it?

Polygamist Marriage is the union including more than two partners. There is a more specific breakdown of Polygamy. Polygyny is a marriage between one man and multiple women. Polyandry is the union of one woman and multiple men. And lastly, Polyamory represents a marriage having both multiple husbands and wives. And despite the fact that Polygamist marriage in illegal in the United States, 30,000 to 50,000 people are living in plural families across the country.

Gays Encourage Polygamy

“Advocates of same-sex marriage mock the musings of those who wonder if polygamy is the next gay marriage. They accuse those who ask the question of claiming that “the sky is falling in” and of listing “all the horrible consequences that will inevitably flow from the misguided views of the majority,” said Joe Wolverton, II, J.D., writer for TheNewAmerican.com. Mainly Christians against gay marriage see the possibility of the legalization of polygamist marriage in America. Christians believe the relaxed and open culture Americans will lead to polygamy in America.

The Happy Polygamist: Legalize Polygamy

Bill Donahue, President of Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, makes a statement opposing the possibility of polygamy in the U.S. and agreeing with William Baude’s (opinion writer for the NY Times) idea that the legalization of same-sex marriage has not encouraged a future for polygamist marriage.

“Mr. Baude concludes by saying that ‘once we abandon the rigid constraints of history, we cannot be sure that we know where the future will take us.’ It would be more accurate to say that once we abandon the logical constraints of natural law, we cannot be sure what the future holds,” said Donahue. Baude explains that the majority of the population in which approve of same-sex marriage, do not support polygamist life.

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Polygamist Wedding: Has Legalizing Gay Marriage Encouraged the Legalization of Polygamy? - Clapway

"Regardless of its "conservativeness", Ireland granted gay couple the right to marriage before Italy did." - http://clapway.com/2015/06/21/family-day-how-italy-still-struggles-with-gay-rights/

Italy is one of Europe’s countries which still grants to rights to gay couples. However, recently the government has started to tackle the matter of gay rights, and protesters have gathered in Rome to march in favour of “traditional family” values.

Rome, Italy — It was reported that as many as one million people took part in a demonstration in Rome yesterday for the so-called “Family Day”. The purpose of this event was for people to gather in name of the “traditional family” values and to stand against any legislation in favour of giving LGBT couples more rights.

Since Ireland introduced, through a popular referendum, legislation that allows two men and two women to marry, the talk on same-sex unions heated up in Italy once again. The government had once again realised how the country is lagging behind on gay rights issues, especially when a strongly religious country like Ireland (only comparable to Italy in Europe for its adherence to catholic morals) made such moves.

The main reason, in fact, why the Irish referendum triggered such reactions in Italy is the country’s famous attachment to the catholic ethos, which has had for decades a strong influence on its culture and politics. However, regardless of its “conservativeness”, Ireland granted gay couple the right to marriage before Italy did.

Italy is one of the few EU countries left with no legislation on civil unions or marriage for LGBT couples. After the Irish referendum, prime minister Matteo Renzi pledged to introduce legislation on the matter by July.

Therefore, as the month comes closer and the Italian government is making its decisions on civil union laws, protesters gathered in central Rome to show their support for the traditional family values and the protection of children from “different” family structures. “Let us defend our children” was the slogan used by most protestors.

“Our main goal was to fill in Rome’s squares with thousands of families from all over the country to protect the innocence of our children and their right to have a mother and a father, and to re-state our strong opposition to any decision of changing our constitution” said Massimo Gandolfini, one of the event’s main organisers.

The last “Family Day” took place in 2007, and saw former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as one of the many participants. In yesterday’s event, over one hundred italian MPs took part, and minister Angelino Alfano tweeted how he will let the protesters’ voices heard in the fight for defending their children from pro-gay marriage legislation.

Most members of the Italian Democratic Party, however, dismissed yesterday’s demonstration as a “bizarre protest against human rights”, stressing how the government has already decided to introduce legislation on same-sex unions in the near future and has no intention of making steps backwards on the matter of gay rights.

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"Family Day": How Italy Still Struggles with Gay Rights