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I do have a question for anyone who opposes it to answer....
What is inherently wrong with polygamy? On what grounds do people oppose it?
I would suggest reading the opinion from Brown v. Buhman, it's a district court case which struct down the cohabitation aspect of Utah's polygamy law, but upehld the general ban on the grounds of State's interests. Essentially, the argument goes that the State provides societal benefits to married couples because those couples provide societal benefits to the State. If polygamy is allowed, then the probability of tax fraud (e.g. people will declare themselves married, but not actually be connected to each other in any meaningful way) goes up. The same types of arguments can be applied to inheritance laws as well.