Polygamy illegal. Why?

[James Madison]

Polygamy is illegal for the same reason prostitution is illegal.

 

[opal]

ok.. why isn't anyone considering the option of two or more husbands in this thread?

 

[RonRules]

Brazil recently allowed three people to marry. One man and two women.

Actually adultery should be illegal compared to polygamy. I'm not advocating that, but jus' sayin.

 

[specsaregood]

ok.. why isn't anyone considering the option of two or more husbands in this thread?

Does 2nd husband in question have to get up and go to work and pay the bills and I get to stay at home and do handyman repairs, mow the lawn and brew beer? Interesting thought...

 

[No Free Beer]

ok.. why isn't anyone considering the option of two or more husbands in this thread?

i did in my original post.

 

[Icymudpuppy]

On the hazards of multiple wives...

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/329333

In a bizarre story out of Benue State, Nigeria, Onoja was intimate with his youngest wife of six women, when the five other jealous wives attacked him with knives and sticks. It's unclear what injuries he may have sustained during those attacks.
The women demanded he also have sex with them, and he resisted at first but then gave in to his wives' desires.
Uroko stopped breathing when the fifth woman was moving toward the bed.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/329333#ixzz26TQx0qak

 

[Philhelm]

He should have created a thread about it long ago so we could all track the progress.

I might just do that...lol.

 

[James Madison]

On the hazards of multiple wives...

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/329333

So, let me get this straight. His other five wives wanted to have a 'six-some', and he declined?

 

[Voluntary Man]

Or let's compare it to a more common example. how many kids already live in polygymous households and by that I mean: all the children of divorce with step kids, step parents, half-siblings, multiple marriages and divorces? How could that possibly be healthier than a family with multiple parents all in a loving committed relationship?

you're right: that is a much better example. i went the sensationalist route.

 

[The Free Hornet]

Link? This is very interesting.

It is a wikimedia host so...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_polygamy

However, I wonder if this ruling would come into play ("implicitly invalidated similar sodomy statutes"):

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas

 

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Bigots. The same reason why interracial marriage was outlawed, etc. God forbid someone make a choice other than what you prefer. Tyranny of the Majority and such and such.

 

[fisharmor]

I already did, but this site wasn't letting me link to the Paint Your Wagon theatrical poster from Wikipedia.

 

[Indy Vidual]

I already did, but this site wasn't letting me link to the Paint Your Wagon theatrical poster from Wikipedia.

I found the movie

 

[Jingles]

I don't know. I still have yet to understand why voluntarily associations and contracts in general (whether they be economic, social, etc...) are "forbidden".

 

[Edward]

Does 2nd husband in question have to get up and go to work and pay the bills and I get to stay at home and do handyman repairs, mow the lawn and brew beer? Interesting thought...

And who takes the blame for leaving the toilet seat up?

 

[Tod]

Does 2nd husband in question have to get up and go to work and pay the bills and I get to stay at home and do handyman repairs, mow the lawn and brew beer? Interesting thought...

Not to mention first shot while the poor sucker who goes to work has to settle for sloppy seconds.

 

[buffed]

A guy getting it on with multiple women is a lot more "normal" than two dude schlepping each other. Yet the former is portrayed as much more perverse. Welcome to 21st century PC think.

 

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

Not the best of sources--but they are typically accurate on this sort of stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_polygamy

 

[Philhelm]

ok.. why isn't anyone considering the option of two or more husbands in this thread?

Marriage is between a man and a woman . . . and a woman. (Romney's finest moment.)

 

[James Madison]

Not the best of sources--but they are typically accurate on this sort of stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_polygamy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Anti-Bigamy_Act

The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act (37th United States Congress, Sess. 2., ch. 126, 12 Stat. 501) was a federal enactment of the United States Congress that was signed into law on July 8, 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln.

Ah, good ole 'Honest Abe'. What a champion of personal freedom he was...