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What if the old widows were cousins...or sisters?
Which would put it back in the famial relationship argument and go to my second post. They would still need to show why they should have the right to marry and that they are planning on spending their lives together.
I personally don't have an issue with such an arrangement, but I don't think marriage would be an appropriate term for it since they would already have many of the rights that come with marriage and it is quite possible that they could change their minds if someone else came along, a lot more likely than people in marriages, as it is supposed to be now, where the vast majority are pledging this. A different contract that covered something like this would be more appropriate. Or being able to present this situation could work too.
As a side note, I have always had the position that all first cousins and further out family relations should be allowed to marry. It's not a bad idea to include genetic counseling in this, like many states that allow it do, but it should be completely legal.
They don't have to be identical, or near identical. Just similar.
They have to be very similar, and both polygamy and incest marriage involve some fundamental differences than same sex marriages. The arguments for and against are going to be different. The courts have to decide based on the individual arguments for particular cases. It is only when those arguments are going to basically be the same, where you find a precedent has been set.