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Re:‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014) by jubilanti on Thursday October 29, 2026 @12:56PM (#50292217)
What is inherently immoral about having an open marriage? Did MLK go around preaching about the sanctity of monogamous marriages? No.

How were his orgies any different in moral character than the orgies the effective altruists throw?

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Re:‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014) by celtain on Thursday October 29, 2026 @01:59PM (#50293273)
I'm not aware of any good evidence that MLK was in a open marriage. He was just cheating on his wife.

His wife stood by him as wives were often expected to do back in the day, but that doesn't mean she was a willing participant in a nonmonogamous relationship.

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Re:‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014) by prefetch on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:00AM (#50300019)
>Did MLK go around preaching about the sanctity of monogamous marriages?

yes. he was a baptist minister. monogamy in marriage is a fundamental principle of the baptist faith.

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