Theses on polygamy and monogamy – Thesis 4
Thesis 4: The establishment of monogamy in the western societies of today is a remainder from the days when the Christian churches shaped the life models. In my native Germany, for example, after the Second World War, when we gave ourselves a new constitution based on human rights, monogamy was kept as a rule as a matter of course. Not much thought was given to the question if this was in line with the concept of individual rights. But the time in which the Christian churches shaped life patterns – which without question were usually set down in law – is long over. Most people in Germany and many other western countries don´t see the Christian way of life as a model anymore, and many are not Christians. Laws have to reflect the reality of life in a society and to regulate it accordingly, but are not there to enforce ideological or religion-based life models or lay down inherited forms of life forever. Above all, our society in Germany today is based on the concept of human rights which establish a separation of church and state and religious freedom. If the state turns Christian lifestyles into laws that is a violation of the human right of religious freedom, and in Germany it is also a violation of the constitutionally established separation of church and state.
As of 24/02/2011 (First published on: 26/12/2010)
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