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Falling_Off  ·  3225 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should Men Be Allowed to have Multiple Wives

Edit: complaint fixed, blocking this part out. The title of the link asks about multiple wives but the text of the post beneath the photo was about non-violent drug offenders instead of marriage. I would've liked the link to explain the story of the Montana man you mentioned, who I'm guessing is pictured.

My question about the marriage would be could women also take two husbands? I am not personally a fan of the style of polygamy where only men may have extra spouses but I think consenting adults should be free to structure their romantic relationships in whatever way they agree to so long as nobody is harmed.





Kwriter-pro  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I fixed the article. I think it should be allowed if it all people involved want it. I am against forced marriage as well.

Falling_Off  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for fixing the article. I've got multiple friends who are polyamorous so this lawsuit will probably be big news in that community. I'm not sure the case is so cut and dry though, there are a lot of government benefits such as certain tax breaks that come along with marriage and I'm afraid the government might think that allowing multiple spouses to one person is taking advantage of that. Divorce in a larger party like that will be a complicated issue to work out as well, whereas gay marriage doesn't require any major reworking of the legal structure underlying marriage besides possible custody issues from the outside biological parent.