http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/ca-polyamorous-woman-jaiya-ma-has-baby-with-lover-while-living-with-boyfriend/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/ca-polyamorous-woman-jaiya-ma-has-baby-with-lover-while-living-with-boyfriend/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:21:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120152 Daily Mail Online: Jaiya Ma had been living her boyfriend Jon Hanauer, 49, for six years when he urged her to take a new lover. Within weeks, Jaiya, 34, fell for a furniture designer Ian Ferguson, 44, at a dance class, and a year later she fell pregnant with his baby. But Jon supported Jaiya, welcomed Ian into his home, and the two men helped deliver baby Eamon during an 'orgasmic' labour. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/ca-polyamorous-woman-jaiya-ma-has-baby-with-lover-while-living-with-boyfriend/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:43:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119924 Turtle Bay and Beyond: A researcher from Sweden argues that if two parents are good, then why not three? In a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Daniela Cutas is heavy on “may” and “might” conjectures and – as you’d expect – light on any evidence. As timing would have it, Cutas’ silliness was slapped down by a Canadian court when it ruled recently that polygamy is detrimental to women, children and society – basing its decision on solid evidence. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:34:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118797 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/16/elizabeth-marquardt-get-ready-for-group-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/virginity-polyamory-and-the-limits-of-pluralism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/virginity-polyamory-and-the-limits-of-pluralism/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:31:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92198 writing in The American Interest: "Conservative cassandras (please note: I am not one of them) are turning out to be empirically correct, even if one disagrees with their philosophy: once you legitimate same-sex marriage, you open the door to any number of other alternatives to marriage as a union of one man and one woman: polygamous (an interesting question for Muslims in Germany and dissident Mormons in Arizona), polyandrous, polygenerational – perhaps polyspecies?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/virginity-polyamory-and-the-limits-of-pluralism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/polyamory-in-the-21st-century/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/polyamory-in-the-21st-century/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:47:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86717 At The Public Discourse, Andrew Haines reviews Polyamory in the 21st Century by Deborah Anapol: "Anapol’s account is designed as an all-around apologia of the consensual free love movement and attempts to radically and critically redefine the very meaning of sex . . . Two themes in Polyamory in the 21st Century are particularly striking: the author’s preoccupation with distinguishing love from lust; and the anthropological, relational, and ethical considerations she offers as a consequence of her findings." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/15/polyamory-in-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/psychology-today-sex-polyamory-and-the-wisdom-of-the-body/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/psychology-today-sex-polyamory-and-the-wisdom-of-the-body/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:25:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80228 writing at Psychology Today: "It doesn't matter what we call it, the fact is that my body can tell me if a lover is making love with someone else. My body can detect the blood type of a man I'm making love with and select a compatible match for conception. My body can refuse to respond if a potential lover is unhealthy in some way. If my body can do this, so can the bodies of others, but a closed mind will not listen when the body talks . . . For today's humans, sex almost always involves egoic considerations of one form or another. These considerations sometimes overpower the wisdom of the body and sometimes they don't." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/03/psychology-today-sex-polyamory-and-the-wisdom-of-the-body/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/frc-lecture-by-pat-fagan-on-oct-27th-christian-chastity-vs-sex-in-the-city-americas-future/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/frc-lecture-by-pat-fagan-on-oct-27th-christian-chastity-vs-sex-in-the-city-americas-future/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:50:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78757 click here ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/frc-lecture-by-pat-fagan-on-oct-27th-christian-chastity-vs-sex-in-the-city-americas-future/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/webcast-culture-clash-in-the-u-s-monogamy-vs-polyandry/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/webcast-culture-clash-in-the-u-s-monogamy-vs-polyandry/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:14:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77633 available here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/webcast-culture-clash-in-the-u-s-monogamy-vs-polyandry/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/brent-bozell-polymorphous-propaganda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/brent-bozell-polymorphous-propaganda/#comments Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:24:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73608 writing at Townhall: "The sexual revolution always seems to have another frontier . . . HBO started the normalization of polygamy with its drama 'Big Love,' but TLC is openly pushing for the walls of judgment to come falling down. Its slogan for the show is 'Rethink love. Rethink marriage. Rethink family reality' . . . This isn't the only TLC show to promote the 'poly' -- yup, the hip new word -- lifestyle. They also aired a series this summer called 'Strange Sex,' which also had a plot about 'polyamory,' which is described as 'consensual, responsible non-monogamy.' TLC started as the Learning Channel; it's fast becoming the Libertine Channel." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/24/brent-bozell-polymorphous-propaganda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/bc-polygamy-case-may-be-used-to-test-polyamory/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/bc-polygamy-case-may-be-used-to-test-polyamory/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:19:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72498 writing at LifeSiteNews: "Chief Justice Bauman reserved judgment on the [Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association] CPAA request [to declare whether polyamorists might be prosecuted as a result of a ban on polygamy]. BC Crown Attorney Craig Jones said there is currently no legal or psychological definition of polyamory on which Bauman could base a judgment. Federal Crown Attorney Deborah Strachan said that the CPAA request is tantamount to seeking immunity from future prosecution, which would be a violation of the court's right to prosecutorial discretion in Canada." For more information, see this ADF Alliance Alert compound tag: http://www.alliancealert.org/tag/country-canada+topic-polyamory/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/bc-polygamy-case-may-be-used-to-test-polyamory/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/canada-polyamorists-want-court-to-declare-group-love-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/canada-polyamorists-want-court-to-declare-group-love-legal/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:40:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71610 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/canada-polyamorists-want-court-to-declare-group-love-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/canada-group-says-polyamory-is-consensual-not-patriarchal-like-polygamy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/canada-group-says-polyamory-is-consensual-not-patriarchal-like-polygamy/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:51:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71578 Winnipeg Free Press: "The lawyer for a group that advocates for allowing multiple spouses wants to know if a law against polygamy could also apply to his clients. John Ince, who represents the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association, told B.C. Supreme Court that polygamy is based on a patriarchal system, while polyamorous are consensual." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/08/canada-group-says-polyamory-is-consensual-not-patriarchal-like-polygamy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/is-monogamy-unnatural/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/is-monogamy-unnatural/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:19:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/is-monogamy-unnatural/ writing at The Atlantic: "If we're evolved to be polyamorous, why do we also seem to be evolved to be extraordinarily possessive? . . . Lifetime monogamy may not be the evolved human template. But I'm pretty sure that carefree polyamory isn't either." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/is-monogamy-unnatural/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/should-sex-week-worry-college-leaders/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/should-sex-week-worry-college-leaders/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:39:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/should-sex-week-worry-college-leaders/ Washington Post: "Teaching about polyamory but not about monogamy or abstinence? . . . Brooks notes that denizens of the sex industry have been involved in some of the events . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/should-sex-week-worry-college-leaders/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/william-c-duncan-the-more-the-merrier/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/william-c-duncan-the-more-the-merrier/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:07:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/william-c-duncan-the-more-the-merrier/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/02/william-c-duncan-the-more-the-merrier/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/law-review-polyamory-as-a-sexual-orientation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/law-review-polyamory-as-a-sexual-orientation/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:31:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64904 Polyamory as a Sexual Orientation (June 29, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1632653 "This article examines the possibility of expanding the definition of 'sexual orientation' in employment discrimination statutes to include other disfavored sexual preferences, specifically polyamory. It first looks at the fact that the current definition of 'sexual orientation' is very narrow, being limited to orientations based on the sex of those to whom one is attracted, and explores some of the conceptual and functional problems with the current definition. Next the article looks at the possibility of adding polyamory to current statutory definitions of sexual orientation, examining whether polyamory is a sufficiently embedded identity to be considered a sexual orientation and the degree of discrimination that polyamorists face. After concluding that expanding current statutory definitions of sexual orientation to include polyamory would be reasonable, the article looks at some of the complications to making such a move, including potential policy implications and the conflicting evidence as to whether polys want specific legal protections." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/law-review-polyamory-as-a-sexual-orientation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/canada-anti-polygamy-case-gives-rise-to-all-kinds-of-family-forms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/canada-anti-polygamy-case-gives-rise-to-all-kinds-of-family-forms/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:27:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62612 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/canada-anti-polygamy-case-gives-rise-to-all-kinds-of-family-forms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/a-rebuttal-to-theodore-olson/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/a-rebuttal-to-theodore-olson/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:48:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=48819 Conservative Case for Gay Marriage" in The American Spectator: "The fact that Olson seeks to impose the values of a handful of elite lawyers and judges on the people of California when they have made their views not only plain but constitutionally plain under the law is what concerns. Mr. Olson's 'lifetime of exposure to persons of different backgrounds, histories, viewpoints, and intrinsic characteristics" is apparently limited to a resulting sympathy for gays . . . [I]t seems inescapable here that Olson has erred. If he has the passion he expresses for gay marriage, then his time would be more constructively spent for his cause convincing the voters of California and indeed other states. Seek consensus, convince, persuade, make the case. But, outstanding lawyer or not, resist the temptation to 'resolve' this by judicial fiat.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/19/a-rebuttal-to-theodore-olson/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/08/patrick-f-fagan-monogamy-liberty-polyamory-and-the-socialist-state/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/08/patrick-f-fagan-monogamy-liberty-polyamory-and-the-socialist-state/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:57:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47576 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/08/patrick-f-fagan-monogamy-liberty-polyamory-and-the-socialist-state/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/polyamory-loves-new-frontier/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/polyamory-loves-new-frontier/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:37:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46944 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/04/polyamory-loves-new-frontier/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/is-monogamy-realistic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/is-monogamy-realistic/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:13:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40846 CNN Living: "Lipton and Barash, who have been married 32 years and are the co-authors of 'Strange Bedfellows' and 'The Myth of Monogamy,' said serial monogamy may be more realistic -- a model in which people move from one committed long-term relationship to another and choose partners for different reasons at different stages of their life." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/is-monogamy-realistic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/21/family-diversity-and-political-freedom-how-can-people-with-different-approaches-to-family-life-live-together-in-free-societies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/21/family-diversity-and-political-freedom-how-can-people-with-different-approaches-to-family-life-live-together-in-free-societies/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:37:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36530 Family Diversity and Political Freedom: How Can People With Different Approaches to Family Life Live Together in Free Societies? World Congress of Families, Patrick Fagan, Ph.D., 8.12.2009 "The 'monogamous' and the 'polyamorous' cultures have totally different approaches to life, with religious worship and monogamous marriage being the defining differences in their different approaches to the sexual act. Coexistence necessitates that the differences be observed by giving parents of both cultures control over the programs that cause conflict: education, adolescent health and sex education. Monogamous men need to act to obtain this for the sake of their own children." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/21/family-diversity-and-political-freedom-how-can-people-with-different-approaches-to-family-life-live-together-in-free-societies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/03/polyamory-ethical-non-monogamy-and-the-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/03/polyamory-ethical-non-monogamy-and-the-law/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:29:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31970 FindLaw: "The law perhaps intersects most with polyamory in the realm of child custody and shared property. Though appearing to offer seemingly unlimited choice and openness, even polyamorous relationships can go south. It is at that time that polyamorists are likely to take a closer look at their legal rights to determine custody arrangements and how property will be divided." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/03/polyamory-ethical-non-monogamy-and-the-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/30/newsweek-polyamory-has-a-coming-out-party/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/30/newsweek-polyamory-has-a-coming-out-party/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:09:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31561 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/30/newsweek-polyamory-has-a-coming-out-party/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/23/some-see-polyamorous-marriage-as-next-civil-rights-movement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/23/some-see-polyamorous-marriage-as-next-civil-rights-movement/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:28:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30921 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/23/some-see-polyamorous-marriage-as-next-civil-rights-movement/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/13/polyamorists-call-for-group-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/13/polyamorists-call-for-group-marriage/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 18:21:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=24076 CitizenLink: "As gay activists take aim at marriage across the country, other groups are raising their voices in the battle to redefine marriage. Polyamorists claim there’s no reason to confine a marriage to two people and are calling for 'equal marriage rights.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/13/polyamorists-call-for-group-marriage/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/after-same-sex-marriage-bisexual-polyamorous-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/after-same-sex-marriage-bisexual-polyamorous-marriage/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 18:26:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23573 writing in The Daily Beast: "Maine this week became the fifth state, and the fourth in New England, to legalize gay marriage, provoking yet another national debate about same-sex unions. The Lessins' advocacy group, the Maui-based World Polyamory Association, is pushing for the next frontier of less-traditional codified relationships. This community has even come up with a name for what the rest of the world generally would call a committed threesome: the 'triad.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/after-same-sex-marriage-bisexual-polyamorous-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/sliding-toward-polyamory/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/sliding-toward-polyamory/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:56:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6077 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/sliding-toward-polyamory/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/21/emerging-trend-toward-swing-culture/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/21/emerging-trend-toward-swing-culture/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:27:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6013 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/21/emerging-trend-toward-swing-culture/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/toronto-residents-upset-by-swingers-clubs-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/toronto-residents-upset-by-swingers-clubs-2/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:41:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5406 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/toronto-residents-upset-by-swingers-clubs-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/polygamy-the-capabilities-approach-religious-practices-and-the-importance-of-recognition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/polygamy-the-capabilities-approach-religious-practices-and-the-importance-of-recognition/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:05:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4573 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/polygamy-the-capabilities-approach-religious-practices-and-the-importance-of-recognition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 20:23:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3422 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/09/hartford-courant-promotes-%e2%80%9cpolyamory%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/head-of-polyamory-group-discusses-multiple-partners/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/head-of-polyamory-group-discusses-multiple-partners/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 18:29:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=3340 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/05/08/head-of-polyamory-group-discusses-multiple-partners/feed/ 0