Hobson's Choice

I'm turning blue holding my breath and waiting for the outcome of the British Columbia polygamy reference case. Yes, I think it's stupid, but I am fascinated to watch the jousting and learn the eventual outcome.

As I thought some more about the impact of this charade, I realized a couple of interesting things. If the Court ultimately rules to retain the anti-polygamy law (S.293), how will it get implemented? First, will all the existing polygamists get a free pass, a "grandfather clause"? Will the law apply only to new polygamists, or will the Mounties swoop in and arrest all the polygamists who, for a hundred years, have witnessed the law NEVER being used? I mean, didn't they have a reasonable expectation of safety and protection? Will the police throw all of the women in prison, too, because they willfully flouted Craig Jones' distorted interpretation of the law? - the interpretation that says that women who CHOOSE plural marriage are just as much perpetrators as the husband they chose? Can B.C. afford to orphan and raise all those bright little kids?

Secondly, if the law were to be enforced immediately, how would the current polygamists regain their innocence? Would they have to meet with a representative of social services and state which wives they are going to abandon? I am reminded of the Church's insanity (circa 1910) when it actively encouraged heads of household to dump the "extra" wives in order to please the government.

I think the people arguing for the eradication of polygamy in Canada are either barbarians or they have not thought through the consequences of their hubris. It is reminiscent of those bastards who stormed into the YFZ Ranch and smugly confiscated those 439 children under the guise of "saving" them from harm. If there are that many Nazi socialists in both countries, our future is grim. Again, I pray that they will see reason and common sense, and remember the principles of liberty which drove so many to sail westward across the Atlantic.