multiple wives for muslim men will mean multiple benefits

[Becs]

Okay, this is sort of tounge in cheek as I probably haven't put much though to it but....

I sort of think that irrelevent of their religion, if more than one woman want to marry and live with the same man maybe they are giving the rest of us a little helping hand with the housing crisis. Perhaps there would be more houses to go around if a few more people were willing to do this.

Also, although I wouldn't want to share a husband, I don't think I mind if others do want to. Surely it's their will so their way.

As long as nobody is changing my rights to suit another then I think there is room for more than one way of thinking.

Hmmm, might start looking for husband number two

 

[Lou]

Of polygamy becoming "ok" mainly, it is degrading!

But it would coincide with our equal rights....thus more hubbies for us!

fooking hell lou.. ones enough

True, I can't be arsed to feed and shag the one I've got

 

[beanie]

i agree with lekershell really however i do think that it is more the government coming up with these ideas not really the muslim community? i could be wrong though its just i have never met any muslim who is against christmas or anything, lots of OH's family and friends even send christmas cards to neighbours and things and me and OH celebrate christmas with my family.

that was my point, I don't think it is the muslim community, its a few extremists and people who feel that they know best that make these silly suggestions and then this is jumped on and the muslim faith get tarred with wanting to change our laws etc. This is what I feel is unfair and what leads to a lot of resentment towards the muslim faith. I only know a few people who are muslim but they accept christmas, British law etc as they are British same as I do even though I am not a christian.

I don't think there is going to be a massive influx of harems though, not for an extra £33 a week (its not enough for me to want another husband). Like others have said it is only a small number of individuals both muslim and other religions who believe in this.

 

[Tadpole]

yep outrageous..won't comment further as i expect it will be taken the wrong way

exactly wot i was gonna say

ditto

Kimbo - Aren't you meant to be in labour????

 

[libs]

Just to clarify - the extra benefits will not mean more money...just as GGG said the equivalent of what that woman would be entitled to as a single woman anyway, actually slighter less than if she was living alone. Extra housing benefit will be the equivalent of if 3 complete strangers shared a house together they would be entitled to more housing benefit to cover the rent than if 2 lived there. And although there are no polygamous marriages in the UK there are polygamous relationships in the UK and they have the right to claim benefits as a couple and a single person - which is MORE money than if this ruling came in.

And marriage under muslim law does not mean a different law for some people - it merely means they consider themselves to be married under muslim law if not by the law of this country. Much as I'm sure there are people in this country who consider themselves married under a blessing from some other religion which is not recognised but we don't accuse them of not respecting our laws by thinking this way.

Debate about the news story yesterday ius a completely different debate and as has been reported today, Muslim leaders are actually annoyed at the Archbishop who made those statements as they had not asked for that and it has caused ill feeling. So the CHRISTIAN archbishop who said it was suggesting it - not the muslim communities

 

[Redshoes]

Wanted to say something but then went all creative, hormones

 

[libs]