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Originally Posted by ASU2003
The problem with polygamy is that there are only so many women to go around. If you allow certain males to have 2+ wives, then there will be lots of single males. And lots of single, sexually frustrated males in a society can become a problem.
The only way it would work is if men believe that it is ok to share a girl they're with with other men in the inverse type of relationship. And I don't see that happening.
(Sorry ratbastid)
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No need to apologize to me, amigo. My girls have all the freedom in the world to be with whomever they want, and to have that relationship be as formal or informal as works for them. I wouldn't want to legalize polygamy without also legalizing polyandry (remember, despite common usage, technically polygamy is multiple
wives, not multiple
spouses).
Now, there's the whole phenomenon of FLDS polygamy, for instance, that IMO needs to be illegal for other reasons. Those guys don't legally marry at all--none of them have marriage certificates obtained from the state, even for one wife. So they can't be charged with polygamy, technically. They have to get them on statutory rape, for the most part, when they "marry" underage girls. Plus making them wear those prairie dresses ought to be a crime.