quote of the day, or, this is the best they've got??

Boies: Is it your judgment that prior to the last 100 years in China and India there were many polygamous marriages?

Witness: Yes, but I need to answer with another statement.

Boies: Keep it short.

Witness: In those societies, men would still marry one woman at a time. A rich man would then marry other women, but each woman is a separate marriage, so it’s still one man and one woman.

(Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, Good Guy Lawyer Bois cross-examining "expert witness on marriage" Blakenhorn, supporter of Proposition 8)

Just out of curiosity, if two of the main arguments against gay marriage are 1) marriage is between one man and one woman and 2) same-sex marriage will lead to polygamy but if (as their own expert witness says) polygamy is just a series of one-man-one-woman marriages, what exactly is the problem? I'm not saying that I think polygamy is a great idea, mind you, but by their own logic it's an empty argument.