Who is up for Polygamy?
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It sounds more like you're talking about polyamory.\n\nExcept for the marriage part, it hits everything you have mentioned.\n\nBeing polyamorous, I'll tell you that it's rarely about the sex. No more than you having a someone you date or would marry is about the sex.\n\nHaving multiple partners is both very rewarding and extremely difficult. You have to do a helluva lot of communicating, if you want to keep things together. You have to deal with your own insecurities and jealousies. \n\nI dated my ex-bf and ex-gf for a while, breaking up about a year ago. Lack of communication was a serious part of it. He wasn't much into talking or about the compromise needed when you are with more than one person. Eventually I had to leave them. I am still very much in love with them. \n\nI've quite a few friends with very long-term, loving relationships. Good friends of my wife and I are two couples that live together. They are all intimate with each other, except for the guys (straight). They been together for a very long time and have 10 kids. When the kids are old enough, they are usually told what the situation is, but the younger ones just consider it normal to have 4 parents. Strangely enough, the quad (a four person group, like that) is pretty politically conservative. I'm hoping they'll grow out of it. :)\n\nPolyamory is by no means for everyone. For some of us, it's the only ethical answer, to keep from cheating.
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Ask they how they would feel if the Western World said "yes" but it had to apply both ways?\n\nI suspect that might not be as acceptable :-)\n\nBasically folks should follow their own paths - most versions of polygamy that I have seen described are one-way both in gender and in the purpose of it (the 4 wives description above is quite telling).
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I don't know about polygamous (marrying multiple people), but I think they are more promiscuous by nature. I think men have a biological desire to 'spread their seed around.'
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Universal Unitarians are openly accepting of all alternative lifestyles.  There are many polyamorous and polyandrous family units in the UU religion.\n\nIt's not taught as being right or wrong but it is accepted and does exist in a religious environment.
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Just one thing?\n\nWell, aside from the basis of the Religion itself, the "vision" by Joseph Smith that started it all, it would definitley be the view on polygamy they held for so long, and then suddenly dropped.\n\nOh yea, the poster above me has another good one.
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That's a good question, since so many Christians these days and for the past thousand years or two have been against it.  Maybe it just doesn't want to say that the women finally put their collective foot down and wouldn't stand for the polygamy anymore.\n\nY'know, it's kind of amusing how Christians make fun of Muslims for their 72 virgins thing, when that last verse has its own virgins-in-heaven myth.  I like it.
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Have you ever heard of polygamy involving more than one husband? I like it about as much as the idea of a threesome with two women. Don't men have enough problems with just one wife?
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An interesting question...with so many contentious answers.\n\nPolygamy is made into a moral issue by the multiple religious institutions around the world...and the laws against polygamy are rooted more in religious reasonings than ones based in economical or societal ones.  The laws could be changed....but it would take a super-majority of US citizens to do so, and it's highly unlikely that the religious right would ever allow such an event to take place.\n\nOne wife is more than enough for me personally...but I say if you're man (or woman) enough...who am I to say differently. \n\nJust my 2 cents worth.
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yes its happening in US, i saw inthe news a certain church that believes bin polygamy, well the owner of the church is now a fugitive,but try check in web, in america everything is possible.
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in the early days of the church thru revelation by the prophet certain men were chosen to take multiple wives, and support multiple families.  Similarly, by way of prophecy this  practise was done away with.  It is against the law, and those who continue to practise it are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  There are however sects that are not part of this church but which take similar church names that do practise polygamy.  Technically it is not possible to have more than one legal wife at a time.  The second marriage is automatically invalid and most multiple marriages are done outside of the legal system.  It's more like having one wife and them taking mistresses and maintaining them as family units complete with children, children being the desired result.
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Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?\n\nAnswer:\n\nDefinition of Polygamy\n\n1.  Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygyny is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.\n\nNow coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than one wife?\n\n\n2.  The Qur’an is the only religious scripture in the world that says,"marry only one".\n\n\nThe Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.\n\nMany Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives.\n\nIn earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.\n\nPolygyny is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygyny continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (95% C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.\n\n\n3.  Hindus are more polygynous than Muslims\n\n\nThe report of the ‘Committee of The Status of Woman in Islam’, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that the percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961 was 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According to Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is illegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being illegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the Hindu scriptures. \n\nLet us now analyse why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife.\n\n\n4.   Qur’an permits limited polygyny\n\n\nAs I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an: \n\n"Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one."\n\n                                  [Al-Qur’an 4:3]\n\nBefore the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygyny and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them. \n\nIn the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:\n\n"Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women...."\n\n                                 [Al-Qur’an 4:129]\n\nTherefore polygyny is not a rule but an exception
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According to USAToday, there are about 50,000 practicing polygamists in the US.  This is an estimate, of course, as there is no way to track polygamists for sure.  The marriage ceremonies aren't legal so they are done in privacy and the families usually live separately from one another, so there's no way to know for sure who's a polygamist and who isn't.  A majority of polygamists live in Utah, but they can also be found throughout the country.  There are also "polygamist cities" such as Colorado City in Arizona and Bonners Ferry in Idaho where the majority of the population pracitices polygamy.
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I believe polygamy is illegal in all states, however it has been practiced in Utah and Nevada for many years
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i doubt that the relegions or sects allowing polygamy insist that one have to be polygamous. islam allow 4 wives but even it never says that it is must to have four wives. none of my muslim friends have more than one spouse though there are many who do. i never heard that those monogamous muslims are declare false muslims for it.
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about polygamy and polyandry:\n\nAmong the numerous misconceptions about Islam, is that it is the only religion that permits polygamy, and that Muslims are the only people who might practice it. On the contrary, polygamy was never prohibited in Judaism and Christianity, until a few centuries ago. Besides the fact that most of the prophets mentioned in the Old Testament were polygamous - both Jews and Christians practiced polygamy throughout a long period of their history. However, when examining the teachings of both faiths, neither Christianity nor Judaism provided clear guidelines and regulations in regards to this practice. \n\nIn contrast with Judaism and Christianity, Islam dealt with polygamy more clearly. It provides legal requirements that restrain it, to a certain extent and this amounted to the discouragement of practicing polygamy. \n\nFirst of all, you should know that the general norm in Islam is monogamy and not polygamy. Also, the position of Islam towards polygamy is that it is neither mandatory nor encouraged, but merely permitted. More importantly, the permission to practice polygamy is associated with compassion towards widows and orphans, and is not associated with mere sexual satisfaction. Allah says:\n\nIf ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice. \nSurah 4 Verse 3\n\nIt is evident that the association of "polygamy" with Islam is not only unfair or biased but based on a serious misunderstanding. Polygamy was practiced, often without limitations nor regulations , in almost all cultures. It was sanctioned by various religions, and practiced, both before Islam, and for many centuries thereafter. The Mormons presently practice it - though secretly. Christian missionaries, in Africa and other areas, where polygamy is a social necessity, also allow it. \n\nIt is both, honest and accurate, to say that it was Islam that regulated this practice, limited it, made it more humane and instituted equal rights and status for all wives. What the Qur’anic decrees amount to, taken together, is a discouragement of polygamy, unless necessity for it exists.’ \n\nNow, we come to the main part of your question; which is why in Islam polygamy is permissible, whereas polyandry (a woman marrying more than one man) is prohibited. I believe that the answer has many dimensions, which are related to the physical nature of woman and her position in the society. \n\nYet, above all reasons, comes the fact that polygamy fits within the framework of the purpose of shari`a (Islamic law), whereas polyandry goes directly against its objectives. The purpose of revealing shari`a was to serve the interests of people (masalih al-`ibad). \n\nAccording to scholars of Islam, these interests are preserving:\nBelief (deen) \n\nLife (an-nafs) \n\nIntellect and reason(al-`aql) \n\nWealth (al-maal) \n\nFamily and lineage (an-nasl) \nAll the rules, regulations, and laws in the Islamic legal system are dedicated to preserve these five major interests. They are known as the five ultimate objectives (al-kuliyaat al-khams). \n\nHence, the rules and regulations related to marriage and polygamy were drawn to preserve an-nasl (family and lineage). The wisdom of preserving an-nasl is to assure the recognition of the right lineage of people and their children, by which the social kinship and social network is kept sound and stable. \n\nSince lineage through the fathers is hard to demonstrate compared to mothers, it would be saved and preserved through polygamy. On the other hand, it would be impossible through polyandry. In the case of polygamy, the father of a child is always known and therefore the lineage is easily determined. As for the case of polyandry, the father is not necessar
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The answer is so obvious.\n\nPolygamy is not wrong.\n\nGod gave David wives, blessed Leah for giving her husband another wife, and shows a preference for polygamous men throughout the Old Testament.\n\nGod legislated marriage, including the cases where a man would take another wife.\n\nGod illustrates his relationship with his people as a polygamous one. \n\nHow could he do any of that if it was sinful?\n\nThink about it.\n\nGod Bless,\n\nRobert
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How about marrying a woman with more than one husband? I could benefit from my brothers, have plenty of time for myself, have plenty of help in caring for my children, but I might have to wait for alone time. \nCheck out the social heirarchy of gorilla packs and chimp tribes. Other primates have this sort of arrangement too, so its definately a part of our social anscestry.