Same-sex marriage and polygamy

Looks like at least someone in government realized that when you start messing with the definitino of marriage, it might go further than just the sexes involved.

"The question of polygamy has also arisen lately in connection with the current public debate on civil marriage and the legal recognition of same-sex unions," says the three-page document from Status of Women Canada. "Concerns have been raised by some that in changing one aspect of the legal capacity to marry to allow equal access to civil marriage for same-sex couples, all of the other aspects of legal capacity may also be vulnerable to attack under the Charter[of Rights and Freedoms], including the ban on the practice of polygamy.

But don't worry: the justice minister said in January that the request was prompted solely by the British Columbia [polygamy] case and that there was "no connection" to same-sex marriage. "Any attempt to make that kind of connection is simply a way of confusing distinguishable issues in every regard." Right.