477 horoscopes & interesting talk

 

• Apr. 24, 2002

   

  Taurus
  Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
  Do you feel as though you're under some strain, dear Taurus? Perhaps
  you've been asked to intensify your work. Even though you are
  passionate about it, you feel hesitant to commit. Something is
  holding you back. Perhaps other areas of life seem more important to
  you right now, such as your children, perhaps, or an artistic
  endeavor? It's a good day to think about what's really important to
  you...
  
  
  Gemini
  Horoscope (by astrocenter.com)
  You are in no mood for jokes at the moment. At home, the situation
  with your husband or children, which you normally tolerate with ease,
  will be totally unbearable today. But don't let your irritability get
  the better of you. Keep a cool head, compromise, and make the
  decisions necessary for a brighter tomorrow...
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  I don't like today's horoscopes much.
  
  Interesting discussion in austin-poly; watched ally mcbeal on Monday
  and heather locklear (?) played a gal who was married to 2 guys,
  being tried for bigamy. Both guys were cool with it, she had her own
  place, she was a neurosurgeon, bla bla, and the jury ended up finding
  her guilty but the judge sentenced her to 3 months suspended
  sentence, or somesuch; no jail time and no dissolution of either
  marriage.
  
  So...that made me think--why is bigamy illegal? I asked on the poly
  list and one gal said it was a holdover from religious peopel
  controlling the government, and a guy has said that it's because of
  inheritance & the issue of who is responsible for children, say if a
  3-way marriage dissolved, who would have responsibility for the kids?
  
  Well...our current laws deal all the time with people who die
  intestate and how to disperse the estate to surviving spouses, ex
  spouses, children, grandchildren, etc. So why couldn't these legal
  precedents apply to surviving spouses of the one person?
  
  Our current laws have to deal all the time with the rights and
  responsibilities of adoptive vs. bio parents, step parents, ex step
  parents, etc. So again, it seems that those precedents could be
  applied to situations where a poly marriage breaks up.
  
  Then on to a question nobody asked, but I've already answered:
  insurance. If you get medical insurance for spouse and unlimited
  number of children/dependents, why not be allowed to have medical
  insurance for unlimited spouses? It's all the same to the insurance
  companies, I'm sure. There's no difference in paying out medical
  costs for the pregnancy of a wife and a teenage daughter at the same
  time as there would be to pay out for two wives who were
  simultaneously pregnant. Or for one wife delivering multiple infants,
  twins, triplets, whatever. As long as the insurance companies are
  getting their premiums, why should they care what your family
  arrangement is?
  
  I'm just so ...gobsmacked...by the realization that a law, a state of
  being I'd taken for granted, is completely unnecessary for the
  protection of society, or any other practical purpose. wow. Wonder
  how many other laws there are like that out there? Aside from things
  like "In Pokey, Illinios it is illegal for a cat to be out after dark
  without a headlight."
  
  Wow. My world view is completely upside down. It's kinda fun.