Big Love

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Big Love

This article , Big Love , from the set , by Stanley Kurtz , is about an HBO domestic drama called Big Love . The reader is driven along a path of intrigue about the ever evolving change in people 's perspective on commonly accepted societal values , and the subtle way in which arguments for acceptance of these changes are delivered . The most fundamental institution , marriage , is in this drama , challenged and given , for all practical purposes , a timeline for survival . The co-creators , Will Schaffer and Mark Olsen , have used this show as

a media to transform culture by portraying the polygamous Hendrickson family as your typical good , loving neighbors . To all intents and purposes , Kurtz uses the slippery slope argument , that gay marriage can lead to polygamy Although he does this with a captivating narrative , he however fails to offer any substantive data to back up some of his views or those portrayed in the drama

In his analysis , Kurtz offers various arguments to support the pro-polygamy view portrayed in the drama . At the very outset , he recounts a position taken by Ginnifer Bowen , one of the main characters According to her , polygamy is a way out for many women , and not a problem in and of itself . Further , as an anchor to the subtle technique used to sway cultural beliefs , he mentions the effect a gay couple had on legal gay marriage after they appeared on a Dutch honeymoon show . The support polygamy enjoys from the American Civil Liberties Union...