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Alison
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I suppose I am indifferent. As long as everyone is happy then I see no harm in it. I could certainly have done with someone else around when I was raising my nephew.
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if i'm not involved why should i care? would i participate in polygamy? depends on the other people involved. i'm not looking to, but i can't say i never would.
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As a Christian, there are 40 examples of men having more than one wife in the bible. God did not prohibit it and has laws accomodating it. As a libertarian, people should be free to enter into any contract that is voluntary. As an intellectual, it seems practical. As a man, I have always wanted more than one wife.
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If that's what everybody in the relationship agrees on, then why not?
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Personally, I would not like to be involved in a polymaous relationship - unless of course it involved several husbands! Seriously though - I would prefer to have just one partner to whom I was devoted, and who was equally devoted to me. I do not think I would be happy with someone promising to honour me, and then going to another wife and be honour too! 'honour' - on' her! reference to an old ditty: She offered her honour He honoured her offer And all night long He was honour and offer
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If it's entered into willingly by all parties, it's none of my business. The one big exception to this, however, is where polygamy crosses over too much with misogyny and/or abuse. It's one thing to have multiple wives and treat them with some respect, but to keep a stable of women to mistreat and use as little but slave labor and baby factories, that's just not right in my books. Other than that... Well, I myself can't see having more than one wife as being anything but strange and impersonal, but to each their own, I guess.
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Not my business, people do what they wanna do.
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It should be allowed. ------ If gays can get married, why can't we allow polygamy?
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Polygamy is natural of the Human condition. Typically, insecurity is the major barrier for people against Polygamy. As far as the perversion of Polygamy by certain groups or sects, unfortunately whenever Humanity involved there will be some morons who contort circumstances toward selfish ends. However, we mustn't shun ourselves from practices over a few idiots, especially those of Nature. Show me a spouse who is not a polygamist--plus attracted to another, & I'll show you an adulterer/adulteress. In the measure of this issue Polygamy is correct, because it's more honest & selfless than Adultery.
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I don't get it. If you just want to have a bunch of different people to date and have sex with, why not just date? (shrugs)
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Personally, one at a time is plenty. If someone wants to increase the agony, let them.
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People have a right to live the way that they want to live. Who am i to judge them? I have never understood why you can date several people at one time for long lengths of time (hugh hefner for instance and made a tv show about it) but once you marry them its wrong.
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I think I'm mostly against it, but I wouldn't be able to say it's "always" wrong either. The only problem I have with it is that whether it's a man with many wives or woman with many husbands is that it dehumanizes the participants, the same way poverty dehumanizes people. It can turn people into objects of someone who has more privilege, and I am against that at this time. That doesn't mean I'm against hierarchy, but it spreads the pie too thin.
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It's right for people who were born that way, and for the people who choose it. Either way, it should be legalized immediately. It's discrimination to not allow people to marry whomever they want.
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