Canada’s polyamorists are seeking legal recognition of their unions. Now that “marriage” has been redefined in Canada to include same-sex couples, why should it not be further redefined to include more than two people? I can’t think of a convincing reason.

And since many dioceses in the Anglican Church of Canada are eager to bless “committed same gender relationships” why should they not also bless committed multiple person relationships, particularly if they attain the same legal status as married same-sex couples. I can’t think of a convincing reason. If there is nothing sacrosanct about man-woman marriage, then there is certainly nothing sacrosanct about the number “two.”

From here:

While Canada’s polyamorists — people with multiple partners outside a religious context — do not face criminalization as do polygamists, it is not enough for them to be considered “just not illegal,” they said on Sunday.

As the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association wrapped up its three-day convention, the first of it’s kind to be held in Canada, the association’s director and conference chair Zoe Duff said polyamorists hope to one day gain the same legal recognition as other couples.

“It would be nice…to have households where our spouses are equal under the law, and moving forward in terms of pensions, and inheritances and property division,” she said.

Unlike polygamy, there is no law in Canada that specifically bans polyamory. Polyamorists also distinguish themselves from polygamists, saying that while polygamy consists of men taking multiple wives usually within a religious context, polyamory is consensual, secular and egalitarian.