Polygamy vs. Communal Living

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Maybe they're trying to "throw them off" not because what they are doing is illegal (since it isn't), but because they're worried about being looked down on? Never seen the show, so that's only my best guess.

Well, there's definitely an aspect of that: being worried about being shunned by their non-polygamous peers, but there's more in the script about the legality of the whole thing.

I'm pretty sure than polygamy differs from communal living, in that a communal arrangement doesn't necessarily involve sex or marriage. When I was at uni, I shared a house with eight other people of assorted genders. While I can't say that there were no hook-ups (it was none of my business), but I never had sex with anyone in the house. But it was 'communal' in the truest sense of the word - we all shared resources and responsibilities to keep the house running.

Boru

Of course, that's one way of living communally, but surely not the only legal way.