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Seperate issues and the issue ofpolygamy has been around for a long time, tieing the two together is an old ploy and it does not fly.
Personally, I allow gay marriage and allow polygamy, why NOT
Casper
It started with homosexuality and same-gender marriages. Now, it's polygamy.
Polygamy is worse than homosexuality and same-gender marriages? Very strange considering how much polygamy you see being practiced in the Bible and God commanding it on several occasions. Under certain circumstances, it's even commanded in the Torah. Any person belonging to any Judeo-Christian faith condemning polygamy as evil might as well throw out the entire Bible. Muslims condemning it might as well pitch the Quran in the garbage.
Now if you're concern is 100% based on non-religious human rights issues I agree with you. I don't care for the idea of underage girls being forced into unwanted marriages with their uncles or cousins, etc. I think that a degree of regulation is in order, and I'd like to dream up a way of being sure that consenting adult women are fully aware of the choice they are making. But if we can be confident that all wives marrying the same husband are consenting adults, then I don't think you can prosecute it in criminal courts. Swingers, open marriages, orgies, the porn industry, gay relationships, prostitution in Nevada and adultery -- none of these see criminal prosecution. If you're going to ignore any one practice generally seen as immoral, you can't exactly single out polygamy can you? And if a woman has six husbands, you can't exactly prosecute that either.
Edit: I remember reading up on this case a bit. The Browns moved to out of the county in Utah in question to Nevada and now they are filing suit against that county in Utah for discrimination against them and the county is considering criminal charges for violation of anti-bigamy laws. The case might not actually go anywhere because they don't live in the county in question, so it's outside of that county court's jurisdiction.
Who the heck am I to dictate what others should do in their lives?
If a man wants 8 wives and they all agree on it (and something with the tax system so it doesn't get abused or used fairly can be determind), what's the big deal? Polygamy is not for me, but is for others.
Freedom is being able to do whatever you want as long it doesn't interfere in others freedom. This is an example of this being something society will disagree with, but in no way interferes in our lives. They aren't asking for murder to be legal, they aren't asking for sex with children to be legal. These things have a negative effect on society because of HARM.
This, like same sex marriage, is something people disagree on. There's no legally valid reason this -- or same sex marriage -- can not occur.
The only thing on a LEGAL aspect of polyagmy is how the tax system for that family would work.
Some people really need to live their own lives and mind their business.
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