Are You in Favor of Polygamous Marriage?

[DemPGH]

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)

Except that SSM and polygamy are two very different things and two very different institutions. The former is the extension of a right, the latter is the collection of human beings for a harem.

Now, if a person wants to do a threesome, foursome, fivesome, I don't care, but it should not be given legal status. 

[ElectionsGuy]

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)

Except that SSM and polygamy are two very different things and two very different institutions. The former is the extension of a right, the latter is the collection of human beings for a harem.

Now, if a person wants to do a threesome, foursome, fivesome, I don't care, but it should not be given legal status. 

Gay marriage was a huge redefinition for an institution to support a family to an institution for love or harmony. If three or more people are in love, than its hard to deny. Keep in mind polygamy is and probably should be more than just a bunch of women with separate relationships with one man. It can be multiple men, and people who all simultaneously love each other.

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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)

Except that SSM and polygamy are two very different things and two very different institutions. The former is the extension of a right, the latter is the collection of human beings for a harem.

Now, if a person wants to do a threesome, foursome, fivesome, I don't care, but it should not be given legal status. 

Gay marriage was a huge redefinition for an institution to support a family to an institution for love or harmony. If three or more people are in love, than its hard to deny. Keep in mind polygamy is and probably should be more than just a bunch of women with separate relationships with one man. It can be multiple men, and people who all simultaneously love each other.

Yes, but in practice we live in a patriarchal world; and thus polygynous relationships would be far more common than polyandry.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

One man. One woman. Nothing else holds legal or moral merit.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

One man. One woman. Nothing else holds legal or moral merit.

Throwing "legal" into your bullsh**t religious arguments doesn't make them accurate or acceptable.

[Penelope]

Like others in this thread, I see nothing morally wrong with polyamorous relationships. However the idealism of legalizing polygamous marriages in an inherently patriarchal system is dubious at best. As others have pointed out, legalizing polygamous marriages will lead to polgyny in almost every circumstance.

Until such a point at which gender roles have been thoroughly dismantled in our society, I'm opposed.

[CapoteMonster]

Do you guys have any idea how adverse of an effect polygamy has on the stress, drug use, crime, and all different kinds abuse of those involved? The "secular interest" in banning polygamy was the primary reason the SCOTUS upheld those bans in the 80s.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I obviously have the same concerns about polygamy being primarily utilized to the benefit of men, and there are a lot of logistical issues with it, but when it comes to the issue itself I can't really come up with a good inherent objection. Those negative aspects may very well happen, but to me that's just an argument from consequence that doesn't really attack the actual issue. Perhaps I'm a LOGICBOT3000.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

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.

So Seth and Abraham in the Bible weren't married?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

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

[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.

So Seth and Abraham in the Bible weren't married?

Of course not. Seth lived hundreds of years before Abraham.

But seriously, the Bible never says that Sarah was Abraham's sister, and I believe in the theory of evolution as well, so Seth did not necessarily marry his sister.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

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.

So Seth and Abraham in the Bible weren't married?

Of course not. Seth lived hundreds of years before Abraham.

But seriously, the Bible never says that Sarah was Abraham's sister, and I believe in the theory of evolution as well, so Seth did not necessarily marry his sister.

Genesis 20:12 states quite clearly that Sarah is Abraham's half-sister.

For that matter Jacob also failed the rules in Leviticus 18 by marrying two sisters, tho one might not consider that incest by the modern definition.

[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.

So Seth and Abraham in the Bible weren't married?

Of course not. Seth lived hundreds of years before Abraham.

But seriously, the Bible never says that Sarah was Abraham's sister, and I believe in the theory of evolution as well, so Seth did not necessarily marry his sister.

Genesis 20:12 states quite clearly that Sarah is Abraham's half-sister.

For that matter Jacob also failed the rules in Leviticus 18 by marrying two sisters, tho one might not consider that incest by the modern definition.

I took that as Abraham lying to protect himself, and he gives the reasons in Genesis 12:12.

[Famous Mortimer]

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.

So Seth and Abraham in the Bible weren't married?

Of course not. Seth lived hundreds of years before Abraham.

But seriously, the Bible never says that Sarah was Abraham's sister, and I believe in the theory of evolution as well, so Seth did not necessarily marry his sister.

Genesis 20:12 states quite clearly that Sarah is Abraham's half-sister.

For that matter Jacob also failed the rules in Leviticus 18 by marrying two sisters, tho one might not consider that incest by the modern definition.

I took that as Abraham lying to protect himself, and he gives the reasons in Genesis 12:12.

When Abraham comes clean, he uses the excuse that he didn't technically lie because she was his sister, he just omitted that she was also his wife.

Seriously, you are a troll. Go away.