Emory Law Journal symposium on a constitutional right to polygamy

Washington Post ^ | June 9, 2015 | Eugene Volokh

[C19fan]

The Emory Law Journal has a symposium on the constitution and polygamous marriage. Some articles are on whether the government may criminalize adults entering into polygamous religious marriages, even when the parties aren’t claiming any legal rights stemming from such a marriage. I think such a criminal prohibition violates the Free Speech Clause. But other articles discuss whether there should be a constitutional right to government recognition of polygamous marriage, much as the court is now considering whether there should be a constitutional right to government recognition of same-sex marriage. The article that most squarely endorses this view is Ronald C. Den Otter’s Three May Not Be a Crowd: The Case for a Constitutional Right to Plural Marriage (paragraph breaks added):

[zeugma]

I actually have a lot less opposition to polygamy than homosexual marriage. At least with polygamy it makes some sense from a survival standpoint.

Unlike faggotry, it's not a crime against nature.

[Pollster1]

Polygamy has a much stronger historical basis than gay “marriage”. While I don’t approve and think it would be destructive to our culture, I would consider polygamy to be marriage.

[Colofornian]

At least with polygamy it makes some sense from a survival standpoint.

Its been detailed re: lds 1800s poly...lowered baby bearin by 1 kid per mom...on ave...

[MeganC]

Your argument would validate socialist theory. No thank you.