Agreed. Polygamy at least has a long history of acceptance, while homosexuality has almost always been viewed as a disgusting perversion of nature.
The Supreme Court banned polygamy in a decision in the 1800s, that basically said ‘This is a Christian nation and polygamy is awful’. However, the Supreme Court often reverses itself, and will have no rational basis for rejecting polygamy if gay sex turns into gay marriage.
while homosexuality has almost always been viewed as a disgusting perversion of nature.
Well the Supreme Court changed all that. Now they have no legal basis to deny marriage between queers. Next up: a bi sexuual will be allowed to marry his girlfriend and his boyfriend. I am afraid that horse has already left the gate.
Reynolds v. US, 98 U.S. 145 (1878)
Utah was required to address polygamy in its constitution, as a condition for admittance to the union.
5. As to the defence of religious belief or duty. ...Plenty of interesting stuff follows, essentially the court upholding tradition. But, we're in a new age, and what the court is being asked to do now, is to change tradition.Polygamy has always been odious among the northern and western nations of Europe, and, until the establishment of the Mormon Church, was almost exclusively a feature of the life of Asiatic and of African people. At common law, the second marriage was always void ...