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Yes, please do.

   

Hey hwacker, tell me, I'm 17(18 in 48 hours). So please, enlighten me before it's too late...

   

Smart lad to keep his head up on this one. There are no arguments against polygamy that aren't true for marriage in general. Marying 13 yr olds is just wrong wether it's in Bountiful or Tennassee.

   

Or forcing someone to marry against their will, as often seems to be the case at Bountiful. In most post-industrial places, weddings which are conducted under duress are considered void. That would mean that all the bride's parents had done was to abandon their kid to the custody of an inappropriate party: crime. That would also put the "husband" into the position of being the minor's custodian, which means she's off-limits until she's 18: crime. Round them all up!

Charges which reflect the actual wrongs committed are easy to find, and religion isn't even an issue.

   

In an open community, this might work, but in a small town or community, you're swiftly going to run out of available women for the men who want multiple wives. They must then be kicked out, lest the leader of the cult loose his prefered options. The other option is to bring in new women from elsewhere which is pretty unlikely.
No sir. I don't like it.

   

Nobody likes polygamy, what about polyandry?

   

   

Another argument against encouraging the formation of homogenous ghettos in the name of multiculturalism.

Polyandry is traditional in the Himalayas, parts of southern India, and elsewhere. It's worked for them for centuries, so I guess it must have something going for it.

   

Because, in the case of Bountiful, the marriages are coerced and the women have no other recourse.

   

Someone pulled out his dictionary...

   

I think my question still stands.

   

I guess Hardy already addressed it. Sorry Hardy.

   

Society has changed. We no longer live in extended rural farming families. I think we should let people form whichever kinds of families they desire. People will choose what works best for them if given the choice. I see no problem having families with multiple men.

   

I don't see the problem with families with mutliple men either.

   

I hadn't heard anything about this story in the States (go figure), but regarding the debate on the acceptability of polygamy, I have to say as a left-wing moonbat liberal (feel free to give me more derogatory terms to describe myself) that two people getting married (gender being irrelevant in my opinion) should be something of a hard cap. Perhaps this is only due to the society in which I've been brought up, but I cannot imagine 3 people finding a way to make marriage work between them. Classic societal bias aside, consider that groups of 3 almost inevitably erupt into conflict, with two attacking the third. An argument between you and your significant other can get nasty enough - do you really want to add a 3rd person to the battle?

And 4+...that's just crazy talk. Besides, a fair share of 60s communes tried that. Last I checked, there weren't any standing.

   

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