Are You in Favor of Polygamous Marriage?

[RR1997]

I get the feeling that a lot of our red avatars are going to regret some of these posts in a few decades.

lol I was thinking the same thing.

I have no moral issues against it, but the legal issue seem complicated.

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[Classic Conservative]

No (Normal, Sane, Rational, Ethical, etc.)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

No, because I hate polygamists (sarcasm). 

[SWE]

Yes (not a bigot)

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

yes in principle but there's a lot of problems that'd have to be worked out.

I didn't vote.

[Mehmentum]

Yes, though there are legal complexities that would need to be worked out.

People should be free to live their lives the way they want as long as their actions don't hurt other people.

[Mehmentum]

Here is an article advocating it.  One argument that the author of the article does not address/attempt to refute, that to me might of the most concern as a public policy matter is that it will tend to lead to a surplus of eligible males to females, as the alpha males collect multiple wives (unless offset by more males going gay, which is unlikely, or even more unlikely, there are enough polygamous marriages involving one woman and multiple men). Societies with a big surplus of males that can't find a wife, can be destabilizing to society, and even make it more warlike.

That's an interesting argument and it opens a lot of questions that I hadn't considered before, though there isn't a lot of evidence proving it.  We don't really know how polygamous marriage would work in a modern society.  Would the number of polygamous marriages even be significant?  Would women really be that much more unlikely to marry multiple men than vice versa? 

Its really hard to predict the implications of such a societal change.  Though that is one of the benefits of federalism, we can see the impacts of such a change on individual states before legalizing it nationally.

[Cory]

Yes, of course.

[BaconBacon96]

I have no moral issues against it, but the legal issue seem complicated.

[Frodo]

While I don't necessarily object to polyamorous relationships in which groups of consenting adults live together and share each other, I do however draw the line at having the state sanctioning such relationships.  

[Potus]

No. Marriage is between two people. The old "For the children" argument actually works here. LGBT couples make perfectly fine parents, however polygamous unions are detrimental to children and their development. This legitimately undermines our social foundation.

[7,052,770]

It would be more logical to have marriage consist of only 2 people, but allow people to have multiple marriages.

This would further distinguish relationships in which a man has multiple wives, but the wives aren't bisexually in a relationship with each other too, and relationships where everyone is with everyone.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Yes(I/O), though I'd rather marriage be abolished.

You think people who want to get married shouldn't be able to?...  If you want to be a really neat rebel or you just never find anyone to marry and want to be a loner, just be one; leave everyone else alone.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Yes(I/O), though I'd rather marriage be abolished.

You think people who want to get married shouldn't be able to?...  If you want to be a really neat rebel or you just never find anyone to marry and want to be a loner, just be one; leave everyone else alone.

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[Murica!]

Yes(I/O), though I'd rather marriage be abolished.

You think people who want to get married shouldn't be able to?...  If you want to be a really neat rebel or you just never find anyone to marry and want to be a loner, just be one; leave everyone else alone.

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Damn it Crabcake, I can't come up with a better response than you!

[tmthforu94]

Some form of it, yes.

[Mr. Illini]

Yes, I have no problems with it.

That said, the comparison made by the right that it is the same as gay marriage is nonsense. The distinctions between the two debates is clear and equating them is fear mongering.

[Mercenary]

I am personally opposed to it, but I see no reason for the government to disallow it.
Basically the same position I have on same-sex marriage.

If it makes the people involved happy and no one is harmed, then why not allow it?

[Clark Kent]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, bestiality, and pedophilia should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

[Murica!]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, bestiality, and pedophilia should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

Do you happen to be a Christian?

[Clark Kent]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, bestiality, and pedophilia should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

Do you happen to be a Christian?

Yes. Why? I have no problem with same-sex marriage, because they're still two consenting, unrelated adults that love each other.

[Murica!]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, bestiality, and pedophilia should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

Do you happen to be a Christian?

Yes. Why? I have no problem with same-sex marriage, because they're still two consenting, unrelated adults that love each other.

Mostly because polygamy is the most common form of marriage in the Bible.

[ElectionsGuy]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, [b]bestiality, and pedophilia[/b] should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

You're grouping four things together that have nothing to do with each other.

[Clark Kent]

No.  Marriage is between two people. Polygamy, incest, [b]bestiality, and pedophilia[/b] should always remain illegal and anyone practicing them should be arrested.

You're grouping four things together that have nothing to do with each other.

I'm grouping together four things that are not marriage.

[PJ]

Yes, there's nothing inherently wrong with the idea of a polyamorous marriage.

No, not at all, and if it ever comes to it then I don't think I would support the concept/institution of marriage.

You realize that this is the exact same thing conservatives said about gay marriage when it began to gain traction, correct? (ie that we should abolish marriage instead of legalize gay marriage)