Polygamy is certainly not the same as incest. And if both the man and the women want to live such a lifestyle, why the hell should they go to jail for that? They're not harming anyone, so they should be free to practice polygamy.
After all, America is all about personal freedom, or at least it was when our forefathers wrote the Constitution.
"Polygamy is certainly not the same as incest."
Nor is it the same as "marriage". The slippery slope mentioned earlier.
"And if both the man and the women want to live such a lifestyle"
This new law you are proposing wouldn't concern a woman and 4 or 5 husbands then? (more earning power you know?)
"After all, America is all about personal freedom, or at least it was when our forefathers wrote the Constitution"
Marriage is most importantly a religious institution, and therefore it should never be relegated to a strictly civil character. God created and established the marriage institution and therefore His intent and purposes should be followed by both religious and civil rulers.
How many of our forefathers, those who were married, had one wife each.
That man has been accused of having sex with young girls and forcing young girls to marry old men. If this is true, he and any others who aided him should be thrown in jail for a long time. The problem with polygamy and islam is the same. Those religions have no respect for women. Both religions are about sex for men here and in the afterlife.