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View Poll Results: Would you support the decriminalization of polygamy?
Yes 45 57.69%
No 27 34.62%
Not sure/Other 6 7.69%
Voters: 78. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-09-2012, 04:49 PM
 
Location: USA - midwest
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Probably a big issue in Utah.
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Old 05-09-2012, 05:11 PM
 
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Again, it doesn't happen. Certainly not in Saudi or UAE where polygamy is widely accepted and sometimes in your face.

Men who can't find wives can't find wives in either form of union.

On the other hand, it's called evolution. Who cares about that some men can't find wives? If their gene die off, great. Better for the society.

If you truly care about those men without a wife, maybe you should volunteer. If you aren't willing to do so, then maybe you should let other people live the life they want.
You need to hear from the men in China who can't have a wife since most of the girls their age were aborted. I don't think those men are living the life they want but they have no other choice. And talking about no choice Saudi Arabia is no place to talk about how freedom is working out so well. LOL
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Old 05-09-2012, 05:52 PM
 
Location: The Nanny State of MD
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If you want to stay monogamous, do that. Nobody will or should force you to get into a polygamous relationship. The choice is yours.

The point is that you choose a lifestyle that you enjoy. You shouldn't force other people to follow your lifestyle.

Assume I am gay, how about we ban heterosexual marriage all together because I find it gross. Would that make you happy?

Live and let live. Let other people live their life and you enjoy yours.
I get what you're saying. But if you think people should chose a lifestyle that they enjoy then beastiality should be okay because some people like that kind of thing. Or what this guy did is okay because he likes that lifestyle: Warren Jeffs trial: Paedophile gets life sentence as 50 brides photo emerges | Mail Online

Do you see where your opinion could go wrong?
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Old 05-09-2012, 06:02 PM
 
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I support Polyandry. Why only make polygamy legal?
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Old 05-09-2012, 06:30 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I support Polyandry. Why only make polygamy legal?
I've made several posts on polyandry here, but they get ignored, which I find very interesting. Because polygamy includes polyandry, but no one wants to talk about it. hmm....
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Old 05-09-2012, 07:58 PM
 
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In Islam, where it is common, the man must provide equally for all his wives and show no favoritism. There are no government funds passed out to the additional wives and their children. In this country, only the first wife is legally married to the man. Welfare payments to the additional wives and their children is common.

This isn't just about "letting people live as they please". It's also about taxpayer money that goes to support the additional wives and children. In FLDS the men high up in the organization may have 50 or more wives and father maybe 75 children. An FLDS wife may have 20 children in her lifetime. Certainly a dozen is not uncommon. Girls raised in FLDS are married off very young and spend their lives having baby after baby. Boys raised in FLDS have few social or life skills to enable them to get along well on "the outside". Every year dozens of young men are excommunicated and run off from the only community they have ever known so the older men can claim the younger women.
Yep.

I had a job up in Colorado City, Arizona that lasted about 3 month, and i was FLOORED at what i saw. I couldn't wrap my mind around it. But there it was, for all the world to see.

Some of the non-FLDS people that lived in the area and invited me for a few dinners told me some things that made the hair stand up on my neck. The welfare is flat out astounding. I've seen welfare being abused before, but that was my first encounter with entitlement program abuse on that level.

Worse, they steal all of the state resources that is meant for the school system and other state offices for personal use. Computers, paper, food, etc. Plus, they take state vehicles home and use them for personal use.

The real shocker was the size of the homes. 3 thousand to 4 thousand square foot homes are the norm up there.
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:07 PM
 
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I get what you're saying. But if you think people should chose a lifestyle that they enjoy then beastiality should be okay because some people like that kind of thing. Or what this guy did is okay because he likes that lifestyle: Warren Jeffs trial: Paedophile gets life sentence as 50 brides photo emerges | Mail Online

Do you see where your opinion could go wrong?
I don't see anything wrong with bestiality. I am a big advocator of anti-animal-discrimination. All animals should be treated equally, including cockroaches and rats.

Pedophile is a crime regardless of polygamy and has nothing to do with polygamy. Polygamy is about consenting adults willing to enter a marriage.
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:07 PM
 
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Not to hijack, but I'm looking for a couple of sister wives. DM me for more deets, thanks.
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:09 PM
 
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Yep.

I had a job up in Colorado City, Arizona that lasted about 3 month, and i was FLOORED at what i saw. I couldn't wrap my mind around it. But there it was, for all the world to see.

Some of the non-FLDS people that lived in the area and invited me for a few dinners told me some things that made the hair stand up on my neck. The welfare is flat out astounding. I've seen welfare being abused before, but that was my first encounter with entitlement program abuse on that level.

Worse, they steal all of the state resources that is meant for the school system and other state offices for personal use. Computers, paper, food, etc. Plus, they take state vehicles home and use them for personal use.

The real shocker was the size of the homes. 3 thousand to 4 thousand square foot homes are the norm up there.
Yep what? It has nothing to do with polygamy. We have a woman here popping 16 kids and all on welfare.

It's not the fault of polygamy; it's the fault of a government promoting social parasites. End the welfare and start taking children away from the parents who can support their children.
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Old 05-09-2012, 09:09 PM
 
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Not to hijack, but I'm looking for a couple of sister wives. DM me for more deets, thanks.
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