[TeleStraightShooter]

You make an irrefutable point about the 1878 Reynolds v. United States.

However, it clashes with the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas that holds a state has no compelling interest to regulate such activity.

I suppose a case could be made that there is a compelling interest to forbid polygamy under the assumption that up to 15% of the male population would not marry leading to severe social problems.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I suppose a case could be made that there is a compelling interest to forbid polygamy under the assumption that up to 15% of the male population would not marry leading to severe social problems.

Roe v. Wade...

Society has no right to intervene in private reproductive choices.

Doesn't a woman have the "right to choose" several husbands???