"POLYAMORISTS" GO BEYOND MONOGAMY: From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

...With the fight over gay marriage and civil unions at full tilt in Wisconsin and across the country, the 60 polyamorists who gathered this weekend at an Easter Seals campsite near Wisconsin Dells discussed how to strengthen their relationships while establishing a place in mainstream America.

"They're out doing the heavy lifting for us," Wise, an New Jersey attorney and father of two teenage children, said of the gay rights movement. "They're bringing us the equal protection that we're entitled to."

From eight states, they brought their husbands, wives, partners and other significant others--OSOs in polyamory parlance--to the third Midwest Alternative Polyamory Conference. It was equal parts mass relationship counseling, pep rally and singalong.

While a handful of small children played on swing sets and did arts and crafts, the adults listened to speakers who addressed the audiences as if it was a political campaign and the opposing candidate was monogamy. ...

The polyamorists described traditional -- they call them "dyadic"--relationships as steeped in pain and jealousy. By contrast, they say, polyamory is about honesty and trust. Unlike the swingers community, polyamorists aren't in it for the sex, they say, they're in it for the love.

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