When the majority of diverse Australia voted for the same sex marriage proposal, I found myself totally disillusioned and unable to write for some weeks, due to a depression-related collapse. It was truly terrible, for I lost faith, what little I had left, in my fellow Australians. If North Korea had nuked us, I would not have cared, assuming that I was alive to know. Well, one of the arguments advanced against changing the traditional view of marriage was that by the same arguments, polygamy would be justified. This was laughed off. Don’t laugh, it is being debated in Italy:
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2016/08/09/civil-union-muslims-demand-polygamy/
“Following the introduction of civil partnerships, Muslim representatives in Italy are now demanding the legalisation of polygamy. Responding to a new law allowing same sex couples to enter civil unions, Hamza Piccardo argued that if gay relationships, which Muslims disagree with, are a civil right then Italians must accept polygamy as a civil right too. The founder of the Union of Islamic Communities and Organisations (UCOII) in Italy took to Facebook to claim polygamy is a “civil right” and that Italy would benefit from the large number of Muslim births it would promote. The UCOII president wrote: “When it comes to civil rights here, then polygamy is a civil right. Muslims do not agree with homosexual partnerships, and yet they have to accept a system that allows it. There is no reason why Italy should not accept polygamous marriages of consenting persons.”