Why is polygamy illegal???

[BSK]

The whole idea of marriage is to exclude yourself to one person, which is the exact opposite of polygamy.

If you like multiple people, don't look for a legal binding meant for 2 people.

It's actually extremely simple, how did you not get this?

That's why marriage doesn't work a lot of the time! People dont want to be with one person, they want multiple, so why don't they just admit they are polygamous? Well the answer of course is **** shaming, which discourages polygamous woman by scorning them, and causes men to try to tie themselves to a monogamous relationship, then someone cheats etc Etc etc

Point is, monogamy=marriage

Polygamy=multiple/whoever

they need some concubines

 

[avenged sevenfold]

I guess it depends on the people and the place they live in I guess

 

[Filosoofis]

I saw a documentary on Russia about man having 2/3 women because of the man/woman ratio there.

 

[Joon]

Just have multiple girlfriends and give them rings. You may not be married on paper, but it is all the same.

 

[Ryu Kishi]

well here in my country our president HSS 6 wives but us normal can only have one

 

[Narusaku619]

I was being sarcastic, but ok, let's talk. Why would you feel the need to marry two mans?

I'm stright so I would probably marry 2 girls if I EVER got the chance.......and to answer you question, pologamy is based on LOVE. If 3 people want to get married it should be legal considering how gay marriage was made legal baed on freedom to pursit happiness

 

[Karna]

Because not enough people are doing it + supporting it doesn't give you any social points.

 

[Power Bottom]

Why compare gay marriage to pologamy?

Smh

 

[Narusaku619]

Those are not serious arguments kooljay. I was pro gay marriage, but this I do not approve. It does nothing to make the society better in any way.

But a straight polygamy relationship with no homosexuality involved can actually can benifit society. It produces kids, is natural, does not go aginst the laws of nature.


I see no reason why the United states makes it illegal. It's fairly stupid considering everything they have done for gay marriage

Why compare gay marriage to pologamy?

Smh

Because one is natural and benefits society, and is yet illegal...........

And the other has no value to society and yet is legal.....

It's COMPLETLY hypocritical for the united states to make gay marriage legal but refuse to let polygamy be legal....

Just have multiple girlfriends and give them rings. You may not be married on paper, but it is all the same.

Actually it's not.....there are cases of men going to jail for having more than one wife......it's COMPLETLY stupid.....if a man can marry a decent number of woman and I'm talking 2 or three at most. Plus treat them all equal, and have them all happy then what is wrong with this?

 

[Awkward Linguist]

If you want a polygamous union then Dubai is the place​

 

[Caliburn]

Polygamy and gay marriage are two very different matters.

Gay marriage was mainly a moral issue, not a practical one. Marriage is by default between two people, now it was just specified that those can be of the same gender, which has not practical implications. Legalizing gay marriage was a moral victory, but in practice doesn't really have any practical consequences.

Polygamy however is a very different matter. This is not just something about morality, above all it's a huge practical problem. The consequences of legalizing polygamy are tremendous. The time, effort and money it would take to rewrite current laws and make new ones, would be extraordinary high and then I'm not even mentioning the implementation of them in practice. You're not going to find a strong political platform that's willing to support it and without that, it's never going to happen.

Gay marriage has been gaining for years now a lot of support. Legalizing it was in the end nothing more than making something official that in practice was already pretty much the case. They just had to say yes or no and that was that and that it eventually would be yes, was inevitable. The situation for polygamy is very different as it requires to flip over the entire book of law. Legalizing polygamy is not
for any time soon unless suddenly a large majority of the people starts practicing it.

Saying that it's hypocritical is simply not true as they're different matters. I mean child marriages and paedophilia aren't allowed either, right? Legalizing one matter tied to sexuality and marriage does not mean everything related to it should be allowed.

Just have multiple girlfriends and give them rings. You may not be married on paper, but it is all the same.

It isn't the same, they're worlds apart in the eyes of the government.

 

[Narusaku619]

Actually marriage was never between two people. The practice of only having on wife started in the late 1900s and has continued through today. Almost all early Christian men had multiple wives. While religions like islam allow a man to have four. It was not until the late 1900s that the Vatican church made it illegal to have more than one wife. Islam still allows it only on the basis of EXTREME FAIRNESS from the husband.

Before religion the idea of marriage was un existing. Humans where barbarians who slept with eachother, men were not married but had woman as PROPERTY.. Marriage was created as a unity between a man and a woman or a man and a couple woman......

And even if polygamy is illegal in the u.s the United states should respect people's religions like islam and Mormans to marry who they choose.

Polygamy and gay marriage are two very different matters.

Gay marriage was mainly a moral issue, not a practical one. Marriage is by default between two people, now it was just specified that those can be of the same gender, which has not practical implications. Legalizing gay marriage was a moral victory, but in practice doesn't really have any practical consequences.

Polygamy however is a very different matter. This is not just something about morality, above all it's a huge practical problem. The consequences of legalizing polygamy are tremendous. The time, effort and money it would take to rewrite current laws and make new ones, would be extraordinary high and then I'm not even mentioning the implementation of them in practice. You're not going to find a strong political platform that's willing to support it and without that, it's never going to happen.

Gay marriage has been gaining for years now a lot of support. Legalizing it was in the end nothing more than making something official that in practice was already pretty much the case. They just had to say yes or no and that was that and that it eventually would be yes, was inevitable. The situation for polygamy is very different as it requires to flip over the entire book of law. Legalizing polygamy is not
for any time soon unless suddenly a large majority of the people starts practicing it.

Saying that it's hypocritical is simply not true as they're different matters. I mean child marriages and paedophilia aren't allowed either, right? Legalizing one matter tied to sexuality and marriage does not mean everything related to it should be allowed.



It isn't the same, they're worlds apart in the eyes of the government.

 

[Dark Sonic]

I see that you're just trying to point out the hypocrisy in the U.S but people are pushing for such stupid stuff. They're complaining that they can't walk around nude, rape people (University students), complaining about not being able to be knocked up and then getting rid of the baby the next day, not learning how to have **** in ***-ed and saying shit like they're being oppressed. There are so many real issues we have to address but people think their non-issues are why the world is f*cked up.

This guy is speaking the truth here.

OT: Harems should be legal. A man just simply has to physically care for his wives, have the money to have another family, and mentally to handle. If not on one or all qualities then stick to one.

 

[Caliburn]

Actually marriage was never between two people. The practice of only having on wife started in the late 1900s and has continued through today. Almost all early Christian men had multiple wives. While religions like islam allow a man to have four. It was not until the late 1900s that the Vatican church made it illegal to have more than one wife. Islam still allows it only on the basis of EXTREME FAIRNESS from the husband.

Before religion the idea of marriage was un existing. Humans where barbarians who slept with eachother, men were not married but had woman as PROPERTY.. Marriage was created as a unity between a man and a woman or a man and a couple woman......

And even if polygamy is illegal in the u.s the United states should respect people's religions like islam and Mormans to marry who they choose.

...they did not. You confuse marriage with stuff like someone sleeping with multiple people and even then you are pulling that out of proportion. For centuries kings and emperors have produced hundreds of bastards, but they had only one legal wive at a time and their mistresses didn't had any particular status and then I'm talking about the rich, who had the time and luxury to be pulling that off. Most poor people already had trouble enough surviving with a regular family, let alone one that consists out of multiple wives. They even had registers where they noted down who married with whom for centuries. People have been going to the whores likewise for millennia, but those are very different matters.

And early christian men lived 2000 years ago and can hardly be called relevant now. Where do you get this screwed up supposed historical facts? Heny VIII created his own church just because he wanted to ditch his wive and marry a new one while the pope was against it and this was in the 16th century. Marriage is even one of the seven holy sacraments =/

Same thing with your comments about women being property, barbarians and marriage being an idea of religion. This depends on the time, place and culture. Even before the birth of Christ there was a culture around the Black Sea where women were held in high regard. Amongst the Vikings women likewise could hold a high position and could even fight alongside the men. People already married in ancient Egypt, that's also where the rite of exchanging rings comes from and no one knows exactly when people started creating religions. Already all the way back during the days of the cavemen they had those figurines of fat women they call Venus figurines which archeologists believe is already a form of "religion" and shows that women were well thought of. There's also a huge difference between woman having a lower social status and being property. In ancient Rome slaves were property, but the woman a Roman married certainly was not.

Are you making these things up or something?

Also why doesn't the Islam and the Mormons then respect the law of the USA? It works both ways. I'm all in favor of respecting someone's culture, but that does not mean everything they bring with them has to be accepted when it conflicts with the existing society. At this point you show zero respect for the USA, the country that this people would live in, but you expect then that they respect you back? At this point you're pretty much saying that people should be allowed to marry babies and that it would be disrespectful to stop them.

Polygamy in our society would simply be a bad idea and if people want to be part of that society, then they simply will have to follow it, which many do. I know several Muslim families where only two people married.

 

[LustyLover]

Before religion the idea of marriage was un existing.

Don't know why people always insist on this. Marriage predates those stupid Abrahamic religions.

P.S. God isn't real

 

[Uzumaki Macho]

Actually marriage was never between two people. The practice of only having on wife started in the late 1900s and has continued through today. Almost all early Christian men had multiple wives. While religions like islam allow a man to have four. It was not until the late 1900s that the Vatican church made it illegal to have more than one wife. Islam still allows it only on the basis of EXTREME FAIRNESS from the husband.

Before religion the idea of marriage was un existing. Humans where barbarians who slept with eachother, men were not married but had woman as PROPERTY.. Marriage was created as a unity between a man and a woman or a man and a couple woman......

And even if polygamy is illegal in the u.s the United states should respect people's religions like islam and Mormans to marry who they choose.

Late 1900's? I'm pretty sure it was way before that.

 

[Punk Hazard]

I think it can be used to exploit tax laws

 

[ComplexCity]

Marriage is now just two people. (Of any ***)

When has marriage ever been between 3 or more people?

Besides, imagine fights over property after divorce, imagine the legalities involved, not to mention the original concept of marriage was s binding of two people in unity, sure it used to only be between different ***, but even now it's just a bond between two people.

If their was something where a man could be with multiple woman or vice versa, it isn't anything close to marriage. No part of polygamy relates to marriage.

So there no valid reason to legalize 3 way marriage, because that isn't marriage. Again, you could say same *** marriage has strayed from its origins, but only in an insignificant way. It is still between two people.

Marriage was also between a man and a woman and it's recently been changed

 

[Avani]

And even if polygamy is illegal in the u.s the United states should respect people's religions like islam and Mormans to marry who they choose.

How about people respect laws of the land when they move to a new place out of their own free will?

 

[Xlad]

Wow. I always wondered why you aren't perma banned.