As a law student, I know that when consent is not "true" consent then the contract is actionable but it depends on the State.
The issue I see here is not so much about morality, because everyone can have as many partners as they wish to, but the purpose of legalizing polyamorous marriage - People seem to not understand that marriage, like any other, is a contract that discriminates and has requirements for a variety of reasons - It isn't about love, or happiness, it is about legal benefits in society and the social status it provides, as well as economic benefits - Culturally (and culture matters a lot) it doesn't make sense to legalize marriage between more than 2 people because the whole foundation of marriage is based on monogamy - Even though in theory you can consent in things like swing and having other partners, in most States it is a valid cause for divorce the lack of monogamy and cheating - Obviously in Muslim countries and some asian ones it makes sense for people to marry more than one person, for cultural reasons as well, but there's no useful purpose in society in legalizing marriage between more than 2 people - It's like saying we should legalize a contract of purchase and sell where the purchaser doesn't need to pay anything.
As a law student I know for a fact that at least in civil law systems/legal systems (I don't know much about the commonlaw aside from a few basic stuff) is very very complicated and complex, and family/marriage law is very strict and has lots of requirements and duties for parties that vary depending on the state - Complicating it even more is a huge burden specially for people actually studying law and courts.
The problem with widening too much what marriage means and even diminishing the duties and rights of participants is that eventually a marriage can be just about anything at all and therefore it is indistinguishable from other similar contracts so it's best to abolish it right away - I could support that measure it someone made a compelling case
The issue I see here is not so much about morality, because everyone can have as many partners as they wish to, but the purpose of legalizing polyamorous marriage - People seem to not understand that marriage, like any other, is a contract that discriminates and has requirements for a variety of reasons - It isn't about love, or happiness, it is about legal benefits in society and the social status it provides, as well as economic benefits - Culturally (and culture matters a lot) it doesn't make sense to legalize marriage between more than 2 people because the whole foundation of marriage is based on monogamy - Even though in theory you can consent in things like swing and having other partners, in most States it is a valid cause for divorce the lack of monogamy and cheating - Obviously in Muslim countries and some asian ones it makes sense for people to marry more than one person, for cultural reasons as well, but there's no useful purpose in society in legalizing marriage between more than 2 people - It's like saying we should legalize a contract of purchase and sell where the purchaser doesn't need to pay anything.
As a law student I know for a fact that at least in civil law systems/legal systems (I don't know much about the commonlaw aside from a few basic stuff) is very very complicated and complex, and family/marriage law is very strict and has lots of requirements and duties for parties that vary depending on the state - Complicating it even more is a huge burden specially for people actually studying law and courts.
The problem with widening too much what marriage means and even diminishing the duties and rights of participants is that eventually a marriage can be just about anything at all and therefore it is indistinguishable from other similar contracts so it's best to abolish it right away - I could support that measure it someone made a compelling case
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
