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"Now, I'm not advocating polygamy, a degrading institution where a woman is not afforded the primacy and exclusivity that marriage is designed to offer. If, even after you marry, you have to compete for your husband's attentions, you may as well have stayed single.

"But that's my opinion--why should it matter? On my daily radio show, I 've interviewed polygamous wives who speak of the joys of the sisterhood of polygamous marriage. They argue that polygamy adds a communal dimension that monogamous marriage sorely lacks. Why, for that matter, should a woman be prevented from taking more than one husband, especially given the incredibly poor sexual performance on the part of most American husbands?"

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, "Homosexuality Is A Religious Sin, Not An Ethical One"

Yah, I know, writing about Independence Day on Canada Day ... I was actually thinking of this yesterday but didn't get around to posting about it ...

I was thinking about the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, and I was thinking of it as a celebration of pride in my country, and trying to decide how much I felt like celebrating this weekend since I'm not feeling terribly proud of a lot of the things my country has done lately.

Then I saw another way to look at Independence Day -- not as a chance to show how proud am of my country, but how glad I am to have my country. And I am glad that we have the United States, and I still have hope that much of the recent damage to ourselves at home and to our reputation and interests abroad can be eventualy undone. So I guess I have something to celebrate this weekend after all.

America: Love It Enough To Want To Fix It