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Nope.
I see absolutely no reason why consenting adults shouldn't be able to marry as many other consenting adults as they wish. I think religiously defined marriage (generally, 1 man + 1 woman) should be separated from civilly sanctioned unions with all the legalities that go along with them. As long as it's adults involved, I don't see why they shouldn't be able to do what they want with their bodies and their hearts. As far as kids are concerned, polygamy couldn't possibly complicate child custody cases any more than today's "blended" families. Property/inheritance issues could be solved with a good will. I think it's deeply hypocritical for the government to recognize civil (but not religious) marriages (i.e., someone who was married by a justice of the peace, not a religious official) for (presumably) monogamous heterosexuals, but not offer civil unions to "nontraditional" couples/threesomes/foursomes/etc.
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