Why is polygamy illegal?
musicismylife78
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Sure there are kooks, wierdos, sickos, and child molestor rapists who enjoy polygamy, but I would assume, there are at least some familys in polygamist circles who fit the Henrikson model from Big Love.
Why is it illegal? There are sick people who use “regular” marriage as means to dominate women, abuse and rape their children etc… but regular marriage isn’t illegal.
Polygamy should be legal. Yes there are some bad apples but in this instance, I am not willing to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Why is it illegal? There are sick people who use “regular” marriage as means to dominate women, abuse and rape their children etc… but regular marriage isn’t illegal.
Polygamy should be legal. Yes there are some bad apples but in this instance, I am not willing to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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and it should go both ways if a man can have more than one wife a woman shuld be able to have more than one husband
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Not wearing a seatbelt is illegal.
Assisted Suicide / Euthanasia is illegal.
Prostitution is illegal.
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I vote for no communities like Hilldale or Nephi Utah.
To get back to Che's question here, I lived in Utah and worked in sales for a while and we did have to visit a polygamist compound a few times. As they were a big customer. It was weird. It should be outlawed on weirdness alone. The women basically all looked like Laura Ingalls Wilder and couldn't ever deal with us and would look us in the eye. I think 99% of polygamist families are like this.
why is the government involved in a religious ritual? Marriage...
if they'd only deal with civil unions, or recognize civil unions, all the bs about marriage, and the marriage tax could be left behind in the political spin game.
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I can't even find one woman i want to marry... let alone having to find mutliple
True, but the biggest ones...the ones that have the "biggest say" in anything do.
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Just fyi... current religions have shed thier polygamy from thier pasts. judao-christian religions actually encouraged polygamy. but the rules were this. you had to have enough money and land to support however many women you had. you weren't just allowed to marry to marry. also women were allowed multiple husbands, however, considering the rules of passing on wealth and land, not many women had the means to support a man, or multiple men.
and lets face it, in today's society, do you think more people would marry multiple people to have love with more than one person, or do you think it would just be a way to legitamize an affair with another woman. multiple partners because of lust.
not to mention having to do your taxes would really suck....
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See i don't understand anyone having a problem with wearing a seat belt. They are designed to help save lives. I know a lot of people feel 'it's their life and if they don't want to wear one then they shouldn't be made to'. It's just not that black and white. It's so easy to hop in the car and put on your seat belt, it takes a few seconds.
Can you also please think of the extra strain and trauma that it can infllict on the rescue teams that might be trying to save your life one day when we have to collect you from the side of the road after you are thrown out? Or after an impact where you end up through the front windshield because you weren't belted in. It's not a pretty sight. I'm deadly serious here. I honestly cannot see why it's so hard to take a small precaution like putting on a seat belt. They save lives guys.
i'm showing my age here, but i remember how hard it was when they made seatbelts laws. it was a big deal. but my parents had always told me to buckle up before that.
not sure how this is polygamy related, unless you are driving a van full of wives.
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Me either, but some people are all for it.
But then I wonder what it would be like if you were one of many wives and knowingly was in the situation where your love was sleeping with other women as opposed to waking up one day and discovering that the person you love most in the world is screwing around behind your back anyway?
It's an interesting idea this polygamy and I'd like to think I could do it but I'm more your monogamous kinda gal. Several husbands would drive me NUTS and there's no way I'd ever willingly be one of many wives. I wouldn't want to share.
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I searched for more than 20 years to find a woman who makes me laugh, who doesn't piss me off with stupid diets and bitches stuff, whose musical culture is always astounding me, and the list goes forever.
I don't think I could find anyone else half as great anyway. Even if I did, it would be at the expense of both, since I wouldn't be able to focus entirelly on their happiness.
Do you think insurance companies want to cover 3 wives on a family policy?
Religion, politics, those play parts.
But the overall reason is MONEY.
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Let's say I am allowed to marry 4 women and I do get married 4 times. Each of my 4 wives, as to be equal, each get to marry 4 times as well. From a 5 person familiy we just went up to 20 people. But the husbands of my wives, why shouldn't they be allowed to marry 4 times as well? And boom, before you know it everyone's married with everyone and the whole world is a conjugal bed. Which, though it may have some upsides, definitely has a lot of inconvenients.
The government also dislikes it from the point of view of spousal insurance claims and immigration loopholes.
Life is short. Do what makes you happy. If you aren't hurting anyone, go for it. If someone asks what you are doing, just say you are renting a room out in your house.
I mean that back in the caves, we were polygamous to procreate. To insure the survival of the species.
We're now in 2000 and counting and this does not really apply anymore.
I personnaly find it beautiful to dedicate your life to one human being as far as love is concerned. That does not mean disregarding the rest of humanity.
'Cause, even if "Love" and the common definition of romance is a made up concept to keep us home and working hard, I find it beautiful and worth mastering my "impregnating everything that moves" impulses.
Monogamy is definitely an effort to appreciate and respect...but do keep in mind you are working against the grain of your biological makeup. And that's perfectly ok if you are happy with that.
Not all animals are polygamous, for some it is their instinct to be monogamous.
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My wife's a nutter (a beautiful one though), the thought of 2 of them or more would be a nightmare. :eek: