Take religion out of the equation and I think it could work. It makes sense for more people to pool resources and live a more upwardly mobile lifestyle, if that’s the goal. And who says I can only love ONE person at any given moment?

Living in Utah, I am surrounded by polygamy, and even offer up that state law allows first cousins to marry, once the female is past child bearing age...I am not so sure that incest is so much a problem in polygamy, as the religious aspect is more responsible, than polygamy in and of itself...and all the concern is mutated off-spring....which then prompts the question in my mind...what if the sex relationship is solely for pleasure as opposed to reproduction?

Fuck that!!!! mix up that genetic material. Humans are dumb enough! the last thing we need is incest . Incest is always the common denominator in polygamist cults.

I think as long as everyone is a consenting adult and agrees to the terms then who cares. I think it sounds like a good idea to be able to marry as many people as you want as long as you all agree upon it. There might be some legal issues however with that and some tax issues.

I see it as just another way men can control women and have multiple children. We have enough people in the world now and do NOT need litters of Mormons, etc.

So long is it only involves consenting and content adults and no one is being harmed, it is none of my business how people conduct their personal relationships, nor how many people of whatever gender are involved in it.

It certainly shouldn't be made legal as our is understood. Women have a lot more use with multiple husbands than men do with multiple wives. We can last a lot longer.

Does poly relationships need the approval of the state to be valid? - for that matter does a more standard relationship need the state to be involved?

When you add kids, it starts to get real confusing. It would take volumes of text to handle all the legal stuff.

Why polygamy as such and not polyandry or polyamory generally? I definitely think polyamory should be legal, and people should be able to marry as many partners as they like. Why should monogamous people be the only ones to gain the legal benefits of marriage?

I don't care what consenting adults do as long as it hurts no one else. It would be fun to watch the divorce. ?

Um. Why would anyone want more than one wife??

I have no problem with multiple people living together, but there is always a chance of jealousy creepy in. And as long as no one is a power position to dominate the group.

I have a problem thinking about this one because it would seem to me to be an abuse of human rights specifically womens rights - Not sure what I would think if the polygamy worked in the womens favour and they selected which man they wanted to be with - difficult conceptually for me to grasp.

No one else has done it yet so i will. Legal* lol

I'm not against polygamy per se but it would produce a lot of babies in our overpopulated planet. Better to support planned parenthood and maybe even a one child policy.