GOT WIVES? Apparently, Polygamy ain't a kind of Japanese paper folding....

I do enjoy watching my Today Show, as my partner will attest to. Don't bug James before he's had at least one or two cups of coffee and seen Meredith Viera tell me what I should know for the day.

Well, recently she was interviewing the most delightful bunch, a man and his 3 wives (and soon to be 4th), stars of TLC's newest show, "Sister Wives."



Now I haven't been a dad yet, but I know my dad always had trouble shopping for Christmas gifts for JUST two kids. What was this guy thinking? You have to buy gifts for 16! So in my quest to question gay marriages being allowed, I've been thrown into the vortex that is polygamy.

Now, considering the divorce rate is eerily high, it seems odd one man would try to satisfy many wives, since MOST guys can't satisfy just the one. But, ironically, in many countries where gay men can still be put to death, polygamy is legal. You can't marry Bob, but you can marry Bob's sister aunt cousin girlfriend neighbor secretary and mother, provided none of them are packing below the equator so to speak.

So of course, now the gay marriage debate is being compared to this sector of the population. Many right-wing conservative nutjobs who shall remain nameless.. cough*glenn beck*cough cough.. are saying that if you allow gay marriages you have to allow polygamous ones too. Only two figures can fit on top of a wedding cake. It cant be two of the same character. And it definitely can't be more than two characters. Because then you'd have to make the top of the cake bigger, which would lead to society having to 'redefine' the 'definition' of a wedding cake. And that's just wrong.

So, l say let's not redefine desserts. Let's keep the INSTITUTION of a sacred wedding cake nothing but flour, sugar, some eggs and a good old fashioned straight couple holding hands and not considering how many months it will last before they become part of that divorce rate.

Oh and Mr. Brown? If i were you I'd starting looking for those Christmas toy sales now.