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Polygamy is illegal only if there is formal marriage to 2 women.
Reader comment on item: Harems Accepted in the West

Submitted by Richard (United States), Feb 11, 2008 at 12:38

If you step back and examine the issue logically, our laws really don't make sense in our liberal society. Isn't it strange that a man can legally 'live with' 2 women as long as he isn't married to more than one of them, but as soon as he marries the second women he is breaking the law. Logically, either we should criminalize having a sexual relationship with 2 women at the same time, or we should legalize marriage to 2 women.

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rather amusing [83 words]TariqSep 19, 2009 01:41
Please use the term "Mormons" correctly. [72 words]John PruessJul 25, 2009 00:02
polygamy is not as bad as its made out to be by closed minds [350 words]sajjadFeb 25, 2009 22:34
Meaning [62 words]LynnNov 26, 2008 10:14
Ethics 101 -- What If Everyone Did It? = an error in mathematics or to defeat of global peace. [564 words]GWKSep 2, 2008 13:06
↔ Ethics.... [128 words]donvanSep 3, 2008 11:17
↔ Well Said! Polygamy = Inequality [65 words]GWKSep 4, 2008 20:17
Double Standard [57 words]David W. LincolnAug 6, 2008 11:22
Harems in the US [30 words]CommonJul 24, 2008 07:56
Deport them [50 words]JKeatsJul 16, 2008 11:27
So Adultery and fornication are ok but Polygamy is not. [78 words]TruthJul 10, 2008 12:15
↔ On polygamy [12 words]scrutatorAug 5, 2008 13:35
↔ easy... [108 words]donvanSep 7, 2008 15:50
↔ The Solution to polygamy [179 words]simplesolutionDec 26, 2008 14:48
Just another reason [34 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiJun 18, 2008 12:28
polygamy [33 words]Gabrielle CroftsJun 15, 2008 03:44
↔ The Harems- shame on you Governments for allowing this type of regression into our civilised countries [413 words]GabbyJun 20, 2008 05:30
↔ Polygamy in the West [345 words]RizAug 24, 2008 22:15
denial is not a river in egypt [121 words]mz ravin blackApr 8, 2008 14:15
Polygamy in the West [49 words]ThiaganApr 8, 2008 06:59
the logic behind slavery [53 words]Jerry MFeb 16, 2008 20:12
⇒ Polygamy is illegal only if there is formal marriage to 2 women. [81 words]RichardFeb 11, 2008 12:38
↔ Can Women Have Harems? [102 words]NabiJun 13, 2008 14:35
You have come a long way Baby! [105 words]Mike PrinsFeb 10, 2008 18:26
↔ NOW we know, Gloria Steinem is a fraud not a woman [93 words]J BurkeFeb 13, 2008 07:34
Harems in the West [67 words]tabingins911Oct 7, 2007 17:04
On the polygamy issue... [44 words]E. SernikJun 1, 2007 12:37
↔ Polygamy [171 words]joeyindcJun 7, 2007 20:13
↔ Wake Up, America! [129 words]Diana RushfordApr 18, 2008 14:33
Overlap or the lack thereof [149 words]David W. LincolnJun 1, 2007 10:28
Bigamy itself is not illegal in New York [225 words]GriswelJun 1, 2007 09:44
↔ yes [36 words]Juan CamiloNov 12, 2008 10:02
If homosexuals can marry... [17 words]AndyJun 1, 2007 08:50
Harems Accepted in the West 710#comments [70 words]S.C.PandaJun 1, 2007 05:29
Israel's national anthem [184 words]Mike WoolenJun 1, 2007 04:32
Sharia law [116 words]Michael KurtzigMay 31, 2007 22:54
I guess in this century we will have backward civilisation [163 words]OlieMay 31, 2007 18:14
↔ The solution is simple [159 words]CandideAug 7, 2008 09:08

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