Media continues to push ‘polyamory’ as the next step in the sexual revolution

Since then, the campaign to push polyamory has been relentless. The overt media campaign to normalize polyamory and present it as simply another sexual arrangement requiring legal and social validation (on par with same-sex relationships) has ramped up across the board, with major outlets publishing a steady stream of “human interest” stories and apologias.

Last year, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that “multi-parent families,” like “throuples,” should be granted the same rights as “any other unit.” By “unit,” the judge was referring to what we once recognized as the family: a father, mother, and their children. Just months later, a little girl was placed with an all-male homosexual “throuple.” The “throuple” are hoping to set a precedent by taking their case to the Supreme Court, presenting themselves as the three fathers of an adopted three-year-old girl.

For the most part, the Canadian press isn’t even hiding its support for the legal recognition of polyamory. On April 22, a CTV headline insinuated that the task of the legal system was to keep pace with the sexual revolution: “Polyamory is growing in Canada, but the legal system hasn’t caught up.” The entire “news article” is straight up propaganda.

“As non-traditional relationships become more visible across Canada, a growing number of people are entering into polyamorous relationships,” CTV informs us. “The legal system is struggling to keep up. While polyamory itself is legal, experts say gaps in Canada’s legal framework leave multi-partner families navigating uncertain terrain when it comes to property, parenting and financial protections.”

In other words: people can legally be as promiscuous as they like, but they want their promiscuity to be officially recognized so that they can formalize their ever-shifting sexual relationships and bring children into this mess.

Indeed, CTV wants Canadians to know that even though polygamy is illegal, polyamory is not. You might be forgiven for thinking this is a distinction without a difference, and you would be correct in assuming that one will follow the other. Polygamy is marrying more than one person, while polyamory is doing the marital act with several people, but wanting to call it something other than “promiscuity.” According to CTV:

[Lawyer Marcus] Sixta said his west coast office is seeing more people in polyamorous relationships seek legal advice, as clients try to navigate the lagging legal system.

“The laws are generally slow to catch up with social changes,” Sixta said. “Usually the social changes occur first … and then there’s pressure on the government to make changes.”

CTV does not mention that this article is, in fact, part of that “pressure” campaign; the lawyer even notes that “most laws are designed for two-person relationships only.” It is not enough that people can do whatever they want sexually – they want the law to recognize it as moral. From CTV: “B.C.-based lawyer Cori Molloy says this is common in what’s often referred to as ‘ethical non-monogamy’ – a broad term for consensual multi-partner relationships.” Ah, okay. It’s “ethical.” You can see that because it’s right in the name.

Meanwhile, CTV solemnly informs us that there are “risks of going without legal protection,” and that “people in polyamorous relationships face significant risks around finances and parenting.” Those risks, of course, are inherent to engaging in risky, multi-partner promiscuous arrangements. The solution would be to stop sleeping around.

But the unsubtle point here is that Canadian society is the problem, and the law is the problem. Johnny is sleeping with David and Susan, and it is our task to “catch up” to minimize the legal risks of their immorality. Won’t somebody think of the throuples?