A Non-Holiday Morsel:

I found a most interesting article in the Weekly Standard on the very real potential for a "slippery slope" in the definition of marriage. Stanley Kurtz discusses two Dutch cases involving a "short-cut to polygamy" in the form of polyamorous relationships. For example, a polygamous relationship can involve a man with sexual relationships with both women, but the women have no such sexual relationship with eachother, whereas a polyamorous relationship (such as the De Bruijn group Kurtz mentions) can involve a man with sexual relationships with both women, who are bisexual and have sexual relationships with eachother.

What I found most interesting is the arguments of prominent legal scholars, as well as the Unitarian Universalist Church, that just as the gay rights movement has spawned the debate on redifining marriage to include those relationships, the burgeoning bi rights movement may well use the advances in the gay marriage fight to begin pushing for polymarriages.

I offer no value judgements, just a diversion from the normal holiday offerings.