Why is polygamy not legalized?

naidu · Mayor's Aide Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 51

When an individual has constitutional right to engage in any form of consensual sexual relationship with any number of partners. Thus, a person can live with multiple partners and even sire children from different partners so long as they do not marry. However, when that same person accepts a legal commitment for those partners "as a spouse," we jail them. So what?s big deal in legalizing polygamy? Question

lpstong · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:54 am Post subject:

Well it's against the law first thing. And it was only against federal law after the mormons were practicing polygamy. Don't misunderstand but the mormon church DOES NOT ALLOW polygamy. If one does they are excommunicated. They follow the federal laws. Its other relegious sects that practice it now. At the time there was a bias against mormons. And up till about the late 1970's it was legal to shot and kill mormons in the state of Missiouri or Mississippi, one of the two.
This is such a sticky area now. Because if one door is open than another is also. Many people will say if gay marriage is made legal. Than many say that polygamy should made legal. Many people say be open minded to others beliefs and orientation yet it is not often considered into law.
And the law against polygamy isn't really against polygamy it's against consensual sensuality.
A good case of consensual sex is the Tom Green case. He is a member of the Fudametalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints.(Not a Mormon hes from another religous sect) is on trial for having multiple wives the youngest is 13. By far marrying a 13 year is against the law but how much consenses be given in this situation if your husband is significantly older than you and a leader in your community. Ummm I would say incest in this moment, fear and what not comes into action. And the girls parents approved of the marriage. Yet again a child obeying the parent. How much is there of a consensual saying from the 13 year girl.
In fact US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Justice has said there is no bases for polygamy to be unconstitutional. Meanin polygamy should be legal. He said this in response to Texas overturning the sodomy law. It was in due to gay marriages. The sodomy laws were not put there to prevent gays from having relations. But do to the fact of children and woman in abuse cases. So now if one gets sodomized against their will there can't be a law charged against the criminal.
So see there is alot of sticky situations when it comes to laws. One it protects only certain citizens. For the greater good who should the law protect. Other than that than the law needs to be rewritten in such a way that it protects all citizens.

phil · Mayor Joined: 09 Nov 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Seattle

I think that if this was legal, it would cause all sorts of problems.

I agree with lpstong.

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MHJ · Mayor's Aide Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 118

For it to be legal it would have to be passed by the state legislatures and signed by the governor. Somehow I don't see that happening any time soon

justagirl · Congressional Page Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 42

Legalizing polygamy would be insane. I think that it would be okay if it were just say 3 adult women and one adult man who wanted to marry but that is not the case. These women are having children and the children are forced to be their own fathers wives. I mean it really doesn't get any more twited than this. If they were to legalize polygamy as we know it there would be more birth defects than this country is prepared to handle.

TheFrugalPlace · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:45 am Post subject:

I think it should be legal IF and ONLY IF the participants are both self-supporting and of legal age.

Right now those colonies use a ton of aide to support them and their 50 children...

reviewer · Mayor's Aide Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 145

Why would it be insane? It's only because we're afraid of polygamy and we have such strong religious roots to our traditional view of marriage in the West. In other cultures, it's not uncommon.

However, it won't happen. The Religious Right will make sure of that -- we can't possibly make our OWN decisions.

Coda1108 · Mayor's Aide Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 130 Location: PA

Hmmmm..... I can't handle one wife.... why would I want three?

schatzi · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:30 am Post subject:

I would not let polygamy be legalized. It would be unfair for those women who are victims of this.

reviewer · Mayor's Aide Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 145

Who is a "victim"? People make their own choices. Women are not mindless, helpless victims - I resent that implication.

classyred · Mayor's Aide Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 68

I think that it is insane to even think about legalizing it, i think it would not only cause a bunch of problems but why get married in the first place if you feel the need to be with more than one person, not to mention how does this make these women feel.

AFIN · Congressional Page Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 9

deportliberals · Congressman Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 704