QI Polygamy

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[BeigeFunk]

why is polygamy illegal?? Why is it the govt's business to regulate who marries who and how many? It seems like a huge invasion of privacy and freedom to practice one's religion. I mean, if consenting adults are consenting(and not coerced) then bugger off govt!!!

[tankgirl73]

Well, there are still some smaller Mormon sects that practice polygamy, so this isn't 100% accurate, though it's true (to my understanding) that the Mormon church as a whole has abandoned the practice. It's a cause of great divisiveness within those certain segments, as I understand it.

[DetoxJesus]

@BeigeFunk It causes all manner of fuckery with taxes. It's one thing if it's meerly a spiritual matter, but then the man is only legally married to the first wife, so the subsequent wives all receive state funds because legally, they are unwed mothers. Mormon sects in Utah are infamous for having bilked millions out of the state by doing this, knowingly and with the intention of screwing over the government.

[Dalladon]

I think Polygamy could be something beautiful entirely, if it wasn't for it being very rare. For example 3 people who all three love one another, instead of it becoming 1 person loving two others, and the two others accepting one another to be with the first person (Harems). Not saying it doesn't happen, just saying I find it distasteful when people misuse the word for sexual deviation or excuse for infidelity. There is bad in each idea of love, and often due to someone misusing it for own gain.

[peperudi]

@WakingLife55 If it's the same house, would there be one, two or poly bedrooms?

[finka123456]

@BeigeFunk its not enforced anymore..like sodmy laws and laws that say its not illegal to rape your wife

[acr08807]

@tankgirl73 The main LDS church still practices polygamy, but only in the afterlife.

[IneffableLifestyle]

@BeigeFunk i probabably has something to do with when tax benifits get in the picture.. If everyone could marry everyone and pay less i guess that would be quite weird. Im not sure though, just a thought that that might be a problem. Otherwise its fine by me to have as many husbands or wives as you want.

[IKillBabyKittensLOL]

I honestly do not see the intrinsic harm in polygamy. I can see why it doesn't float everyone's boat - love IS jealous - but I don't see why it is banned.

[playthecard22]

The real reason polygamy is hardly practiced by Mormons is that Mrs. Smith didn't let that shit fly after her husband died.

[WakingLife55]

@BeigeFunk Unlike previous claims about gay marriage, polygamy actually is bad for the children. It makes one family hate the other and the children rarely see their father. Now if it's in the same house, that's a different story.

[WakingLife55]

My friends who's from Africa was in a poliomyelitis family/couple and she hated it because she never had a dad. So now to this day she hates her dad and the other mother with kids. Gay marriage is MUCH more reasonable for the child.