POLYGAMY UK

A cartoonist's idea of British polygamy

My definition of bigamy or polygamy is 'a hetrosexual male's fetish to publicly show his testosterone-driven ability to attract gullible women and reward them by offering illegal marriage ceremonies. '  Now you won't see that definition in any dictionary as it's not very politically correct is it and we can't have that.

Of course polygamy is against the law in the UK  and the result of breaking this law is imprisonment for up to 8 years.  That may be true, but if this story in the Daily Mail (yes I do read other newspapers!) is to be believed it is a law disregarded by more and more people who live in Britain. 

How people live their lives is no concern of mine but when, as a taxpayer, I have to contribute towards paying for the religious practices of others, then it is my concern. I'm angry that this is being ignored by our politicians, police and other bodies who are duty bound to ensure our laws are upheld.  We all pay towards these services and they're letting us down by not doing their jobs.  How do we start to insist that UK law is relevant to everyone when we have the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting sharia law should be accepted here?  One person, Baroness Walsi, has now spoken out so all credit to her, although she doesn't go as far as to insist religious polygamous marriages will not be acceptable in Britain, but only that they should be formally registered.  Not good enough Baroness, in fact not good at all.  

Our country is a Christian country and people who live here will respect our Christian laws or leave.  If you believe the article many bigamists and polygamists are milking our benefit system and that in turn is supporting the illegal marriages, creating a vicious circle. 

A recent review by four Government departments  -  the Treasury, the Work and Pensions Department, the Inland Revenue and the Home Office  -  has concluded that 1,000 men in the United Kingdom are now polygamists, although some say the figure is higher.

Are the Government figures of around 1,000 foreign men living polygamously a gross underestimate? 

Recently, a senior imam in Finchley, North London, said there are at least 4,000 men involved in such marriages. Meanwhile, to show just how far some men have stretched the teaching of the Koran, another senior Islamist, Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, has revealed a case of a man living here with five wives. 

What is more, the review found, a Muslim man can claim state support of more than £10,000 a year to keep his wives, if the wedding took place in one of those countries where polygamy is commonplace, such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia and across huge tracts of Africa.

Baroness Walsi says the politicians are afraid to tackle the problem because of 'cultural sensitivity'.  Time the politicians realised that the cultures of the UK  ie English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish are sensitive too and they don't approve of this going on under their noses. I just wonder how many bigamists and polygamists live in Scotland.

Would I have another view if there was a religion which permitted women to have multiple husbands?  Who knows.

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