Protect children, yes, but leave cockamamie grownups alone by Tony Phillips, San Diego City Beat 9/13/2006

Entering into more than one contract of marriage simultaneously is in fact illegal in every state in this country, mostly because of the tax and legal implications that come with marriage. But a polygamous lifestyle, i.e. “polyamory,” is perfectly legal, even in San Diego. If I so chose, and others so chose along with me, I could marry a woman and she and I could live with three San Diego State co-eds, a transgender dwarf and two Ecuadorian pool boys, all of us just screwing to beat the band, and there is nothing you, the district attorney, the Pope or Anderson Cooper could do about it. In fact, if any of you co-eds are interested....

Warren Buffett Ties Knot by Andrew Clark, The Age 9/3/2006

Mr. Buffett's Latvian-born bride, Astrid Menks, is 60 to her husband's 76. The pair have been living together since the late 1970s. Nothing unusual about that, except that Mr. Buffett had an apparently close and loving marriage to another woman, Susan, until her death in 2004. The trio even sent out Christmas cards signed "Warren, Susie and Astrid".

Keeping married sex hot by Rachel Kramer Bussel, The Village Voice 8/24/2006

'Block concluded that her husband couldn't be her sole source of sexual pleasure and lobbied for polyamory. "I get different things from different people," she explains. "Young lovers for the goddess me. Sadist lovers for the masochist me. Female lovers for the Sapphic me. Sexual fulfillment is still on the menu, but now it means ordering from different restaurants."'

'Beyond Marriage' statement sparks dialogue by Zak Szymanski, Bay Area Reporter 8/03/2006

"Although some marriage activists expressed concern that the statement's references to polyamory and nontraditional families play into right-wing rhetoric about a "slippery slope" of partnership recognition, DeFilippis said that a marriage movement that feels it must ignore other families sets all LGBT rights up for failure."

Activists call for a shift in priorities by Ethan Jacobs, Bay Windows 8/03/2006

"Want to see broader focus on Social Security reform, health care access and rights for polyamorous families"