(May 22, 2012 at 9:20 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Well, that's the only thing you'll ever agree on, friend. Obviously the sating of your carnal desires does not constitute a real marriage.
I think he was being tongue-in-cheek about that.
(May 22, 2012 at 9:20 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Besides, how do you hope to actually feed and clothe them all, and feed and clothe the children that you might get from them?
Polygamy is a zero-sum game, if you do not live in a society where this type of marriage is the norm.
Quote:In a three person marriage in America, odds are at least two would be working full-time, and there would probably not be 50% more children. Economically, it could be advantageous.
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They don't. I can tell you from personal experience that women do not wish to be involved in such a "marriage". Therefore it's usually done by forcing the old wife into accepting the new wife. Even if you don't force her, she simply accepts, as she can't really do anything else if she refuses.
No one here supports making such an arrangement legal. The only way an additional partner could be accepted is if all parties consent to an altered marriage contract.
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Similarly, a woman who is afraid of losing her husband might consent to it without approving it.
A good marriage contract will provide for an equitable separation and provision for children.
(May 22, 2012 at 9:20 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Marriage is a public affair. I would certainly not care if a man had a wife, and a mistress on the top of that wife, and they casually get together to have fun, if they are into that sort of thing, but marriage is certainly something beyond than just having sex, isn't it? It's about being able to live together, and being able to raise a family together.
And if you believe you can, it's not the government's business to keep you from trying.
(May 22, 2012 at 9:20 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: Today's standards in the modern world are in conjunction with monogamous marriage. Polygamy may exist outside of marriage, and even there, many people would disagree with such a thing.
It does seem odd that one can be married in all but name to two or more people, as long as you don't try to legally formalize it.
All that said, I suspect if it were legal it would not be popular, given the logistics. I don't see how me thinking it's not a good idea for most people leads to the conclusion that it should be illegal though.
