Polygamy is illegal.
yes polygamy is illegal, but there has been at least one lawsuit filed after the gay marriage lawsuits started making the argument that it’s discriminitory to limit marriage to 1 man and 1 woman. Reason being, polygamists can claim that 2 person marriage is also discriminitory.
If courts will find a constitutional right to same sex marriage, they could also use the same reasoning and find a constitutional right to polygamy, or any other arrangement that people wish to live in.
Like it or not, previous generations made a policy judgement that polygamy should be illegal. Similarly, nobody in years past ever thought about same sex marriage happening. But the same legal arguments, that it is discrimination, apply to both same sex marriage and polygamy.
And your point is? There are many arguing for polygamy’s legalization; this article addresses why that would be a destabilizing factor in society.
So is spittin' on the sidewalk in many cities.........
Yes, polygamy is illegal, but only when you are legally married to more than one person. What constitutes being married, a legal document, or a promise? I doubt if the FLDS men were legally married to more than one woman. It’s not illegal to live with a woman or women without the benefit of legal marriage and it is not illegal to father a chidren by women that you are not legally married to.