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Today we're launching a new weekly feature, per the suggestion of our writers.

Part of our mission is to spark dialogue in this community about faith and ethics. This dialogue, we believe, can lead to changed minds, better understanding, an increase in interfaith work and a more tolerant community.

Lots of thought-provoking conversations are happening on this site, but with all of our exciting content, sometimes it's easy to miss the discussions. So our writers suggested we publish a weekly “Featured Conversation” where we recap the story, blog or column that's gotten the most comments.

This week, that topic happens be on polyamory. In his “Father Knows Best” column Rev. Martin Elfert answered a readers question — is it OK to be in a polyamorous relationship. Elfert advised the reader to pick one partner and go all in. Our readers, however, didn't all agree.

Gail said monogamous relationships aren't for everyone. Sam and Bruce agreed.

Eric, however, did not. He said people are choosing to do what's right in their own eyes, rather than what's right in God's eyes. Others said polyamorous relationships simply won't work.

 

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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