1.  A 19 year old, eh? I couldn’t get my opinion
out on the AP for love or money.

In my opinion the coverage of this topic was chosen
for the shock factor and not to highlight the perceived
injustice.

Where a problem would arise from legalized polygamy
is health insurance. What business offering
family coverage could afford to cover such
an extended family? You can imagine the abuses.
I fear that women are brainwashed and coerced
into these arrangements from a young age. It’s
hard to imagine an educated, worldly woman agreeing
to such a subordinate arrangement. When I hear
of sheiks with harems I don’t immediately think
of the women as being all gung ho for being part
of the marital pile. I’m guessing that the “Book
of Mormon” must have some laws addressing this
with God backing the man’s side of the story.

What do Mormons do with all of the excess men?
Do they all become bachelor farmers?

If some guy in Miami can claim his religion forces him to sacrifice live animals, etc., etc., and have it upheld in a court, then some branch of Mormonism should certainly be able to claim polygamy as part of their religion.

My question is, having been married for 15 years, and happily as well, why some guy would want to add another or two more wives is absolutely beyond me.  I think most people would agree that a successful relationship is a full time job.  I wouldn’t have the energy to have sex with them all, never mind having a truly serious relationship with each of them.

It’s beyond me why the notion of polygamy causes such a fuss unless it’s because the really NARROW, RELIGIOUSLY CONDITIONED MINDS of America make up the majority of the population.

It’s beyond me why I should care if a neighbor chooses to live, peacefully, harmoniously, communally. WHAT’S IT TO ME?

The major problem that I have only hearsay information about is the report that UNDERAGE women in some way are forced/coerced/enslaved into the group living arrangement. If this is the case then THAT part of it should be illegal.

Otherwise, it’s nobody’s business who ANYBODY sleeps/cohabits with, or doesn’t. But in America, sticking your nose into other people’s affairs is a national pasttime/hobby/compulsion.

One of the biggest ironies in this is that the Mormon church, founded by a polygamist, is one of the most vocal of those organizations who oppose gay unions in favor of the “one man-one woman” faith-based nonsense.