Holy Matrimony.

A typical American family consist of a wife, husband and of course children (most of the time). But what about four wives with one man and 16 children; This is the life of Kody Brow from TV show, Sisterwives. I feel this is an issue in US National Government, because many issues are arising with was is acceptable and ethical in today’s world. I felt this was a good topic to bring up, because so many people are becoming open to changes, for example gay marriage. So if homosexuals are being accepted in some states, does this mean one day polygamy will be accepted in America? When the constitution was written it was based on Christian morals and if it is not going to be rewritten and completely changed I think Americans should quit trying to find loop holes in the wording to make the unfamiliar acceptable.

My point is that it is illegal to have more than one wife. But with the publicity and support the new show Sisterwives is receiving there’s only a matter of time before an issue is raised on the rights of being able to marry who and how many people you want. So in other words this would be considered a developing issue in the national government, because they would be the ones who would have to consider the changes to be made throughout the United States. I just feel that as Americans, we look down on many other countries. Yet we fail to look at ourselves, when we are the ones devaluing our own morals. For years our ancestors and previous government officials have believed in certain ways of running things and we have improved the government in many ways, but have also lost sight of many of our own beliefs.

I’m not saying I’m against homosexuals or men with numerous amounts of wives, but there are issues that I do not agree with because it has not been accepted in the history, so why should it start now? On the other hand, I contradict my entire beliefs, because being an American we also have our amendments to shelter us and protect us to where we’re granted the opportunity to say and do as we please with our personal life. 

Stretching The Amendments

The article, Anti-gay church's right to protest at military funerals is upheld was very interesting to me, because it put our government in a position to decide a verdict without using morals and what’s ethical and just using the first amendment rights. The article talks about how a Kansas church protested at a military funeral, because they “believed US soldiers deserved to die because they fight for a country that tolerates homosexuality”. The Synder’s family sued the church for the pain they caused during the funeral. The church appealed the case to The Supreme Court and won, arguing they were simply practicing their “freedom of speech; first amendment”. America is at a time where we must stand together no matter our differences. If other countries view us as weak and we’re unstable they are going to see it as an opportunity to take advantage of us. As American’s we should stick together and help protect the people who fight for our country. I disagree with how justice was served, especially because these are religious people who were slandering the name of this young soldier. Homosexuality is irrelevant to this soldier’s death and it doesn’t take a genius to know that.