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polygamy ? [W: 267,434]

must polygamy be legalized ?

  • yes ,because it is a matter of freedom and it must be legalized

    Votes: 27 39.7%

  • it must be legalized for only men

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • it must be legalized for both men and women

    Votes: 14 20.6%

  • no ,it is a kind of perversion and it has nothing to do with freedom

    Votes: 7 10.3%

  • it is just a marginality which may harm society

    Votes: 4 5.9%

  • it was a tradition in many ancient cultures and defending it doesnt seem so liberalal

    Votes: 9 13.2%

  • being against it is a bigotry and l defend polygamy as an enlightened person

    Votes: 4 5.9%

  • it is better than monogamy

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • l dont care

    Votes: 16 23.5%

  • others

    Votes: 12 17.6%
  • Total voters
    68
specklebang said:
I don't think you should be allowed to enlist at the age of 21 either. But at least it's a good thing. Marriage OTOH is just as problematical as evading IEDs.
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Maybe even MORE problematic sometimes, especially if there are multiple people involved. I don't know why anyone would want multiple spouses, but if they do then whatever, it's their call not mine.
 
ChrisL said:
Only because of child marriage. Like I said, of course they would be required to follow our age of consent laws like any other marriage.
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many of those friends also want other sexual orientations to be legalized too .


and their personal choice will affect children too and as l said before teh family union is the basis of the society and important factor for the stability of this society..
 
cpwill said:
Polygamous societies are less stable, less productive, and less peaceful than monogamous ones. Unmarried young men are the most socially destructive demographic. No thanks.
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Must be better than single moms though, right cp? :)
 
Medusa said:
many of those friends also want other sexual orientations to be legalized too .


and their personal choice will affect children too and as l said before teh family union is the basis of the society and important factor for the stability of this society..
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I don't think it would ever be very popular Medusa, really.
 
ChrisL said:
Must be better than single moms though, right cp? :)
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:) The solution to falling off the horse on the left is not to fall off the horse on the right.
 
cpwill said:
:) The solution to falling off the horse on the left is not to fall off the horse on the right.
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Like I said though, I don't think it would become the norm.
 
I have 3 - count them - 3 cats. You think its easy catering to 3 different opinions? Well, it's not. Not at all.

So anybody that can pull of polygamy is my kind of hero(s).


ChrisL said:
Maybe even MORE problematic sometimes, especially if there are multiple people involved. I don't know why anyone would want multiple spouses, but if they do then whatever, it's their call not mine.
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ChrisL said:
I don't think it would ever be very popular Medusa, really.
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l understand what you mean

but especially men will abuse this right

l can see it
 
Medusa said:
l understand what you mean

but especially men will abuse this right

l can see it
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If adult women agree to be involved in this type of situation, then I don't see there being a problem with it. In fact, it would probably help on them just "living together" and claiming that they don't know who the baby's daddy is because they are married to him.
 
It seems that this discussion asks a simple question as long as the word legal is not involved. That brings in contracts for all parties, progeny, etc. I wouldn't mind three or four wives, but I just can't imagine the divorce problems being conducive to sanity. Three or four girlfriends would be lots mo' better, fo' sure. And vice versa.
 
polgara said:
Pero, I enjoy the movie "The King and I," which I rewatch from time to time. Since you saw firsthand, was the movie reasonably accurate? The number one wife produced the heir, which seemed reasonable. Great movie! :)
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By the way, the current King of Thailand was born in Massachusetts. He has only one wife and has been married to her for 60 years or so. But the way I understand it, the first wife is the major wife and if the King had more than one wife, the heir would come from the first wife. That is unless she failed to produce a son then it would trickle on down to wife number two etc.

I left Thailand in 1976 and Polygamy has been outlawed since I left, although it is still practice. By outlawing numerous wives, this means any inheritance always go to the first wife regardless. When I was in Laos, one of the top generals we supported had 18 wives. But they were at war and the general more or less made them his wife to ensure they would be taken care of. When he came to the states, he had to give up all but one wife.

Although I see nothing wrong in having more than one wife, that is as long as all are well taken care of. I sure wouldn’t want more than one, sometimes I think one is one too many.

As for the movie, I would say it probably represents Thailand and the royal family as they were back in the 1800’s.
 
Medusa said:
1- it is against teh nature of the romantic love and loyalty

2-

3_ only if they want it to be legalized ..
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1.) again that would only be are opinion
3.) when its a matter like this that represents freedom and theres no victim whether we agree with it or not we should never stand in its way. I could never vote against it as long as like i said, its between sound mind consenting adults. If i did vote against it theres no way i wouldnt feel like a huge ignorant selfish hypocrite.
 
maquiscat said:
Granted, this is slightly off-topic, but it has been shown that the incest taboo develops from growing up with another individual. That is why siblings who were separated at birth can end up being attracted to each other and why non-blood related kids growing up together will not be sexually attracted to each other. A study done in India, showed this to be true where the bride child of an arranged marriage was sent to live with the groom child and his parents until they were old enough to be married. Many of the couples refused to consummate the marriage.
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No doubt. I have seen that before.
 
ChrisL said:
I don't understand how polygamy being legalized would "destroy society." :confused: It can't be any worse than single parent households, right? Those children have even MORE people to fuss over them.
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it would not destroy society in any way more than anything else does, saying it would is just a nonsensical cop out and nothing more
 
Medusa said:
l understand what you mean

but especially men will abuse this right

l can see it
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What if it was 1 woman who wanted 2 men? Would you still feel the same?
 
Objective-J said:
it would not destroy society in any way more than anything else does, saying it would is just a nonsensical cop out and nothing more
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I don't see how it would. I can't deny that legalizing things makes them easier to regulate and control. Banning things has the opposite effect.
 
ChrisL said:
What if it was 1 woman who wanted 2 men? Would you still feel the same?
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I do the gardening and cooking, the other guy goes to work to make money and she does the cleaning? Deal.
 
ChrisL said:
I don't see how it would. I can't deny that legalizing things makes them easier to regulate and control. Banning things has the opposite effect.
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thats because you obviously are NOT bias on the situation, i always laugh when people go the "society" route
 
ChrisL said:
What if it was 1 woman who wanted 2 men? Would you still feel the same?
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l would feel worse .:mrgreen:

what about if the man wants to marry another woman when he is just married to one.
 
ecofarm said:
I do the gardening and cooking, the other guy goes to work to make money and she does the cleaning? Deal.
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As long as my dinner is hot and on the table after I'm done with the cleaning. :2razz: And it better be delicious too. You know that means meat. :mrgreen:
 
Medusa said:
l would feel worse .:mrgreen:

what about if the man wants to marry another woman when he is just married to one.
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Well then he is not the man for you, but another woman might not have a problem with sharing. :shrug: You could leave that man.
 
ChrisL said:
As long as my dinner is hot and on the table after I'm done with the cleaning. :2razz: And it better be delicious too. You know that means meat. :mrgreen:
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I'm gonna behave.
 
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