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Firstly, it should be noted that polygamy has NOTHING to do with arranged marriages. They are two seperate things and the fact that many cultures who practice polygamy ALSO practice arranged marriages is incidental.
Back to the question at hand, there is nothing wrong with polygamy, polyandry, or what-have-you. If 2 consenting adults want to enter into a lifetime partnership, that's great. If 5 consenting adults do, that's great too. There's nothing wrong with choosing to be polyamorous and, likewise, there's nothing wrong with deciding that it's not for you.
The government shouldn't be involved in marriage at all. Marriage is a religious institution and it should be entered into through a person's respective religious community. Marriage, being a religious institution which the government should have no involvement in, can have any limitations imposed on it that a person's respective religion chooses.
This is contrasted with what the government SHOULD be involved in - contractual relationships. This is where government involvement comes in. There is no reason why any person, or group of persons, cannot enter into a contractual relationship with another person or group of persons. So, from the government perspective, there can be any number of people involved in the contractual relationship as those people wish.
The result: Polyamorous relationships are perfectly legal in any regard since they are between consenting adults. Religions are then free to impose their own limits on marriages.
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