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**beriarele** · 09-01-2012, 12:47 PM

The Mormons in Utah are polygamists and seem to live happily with it. It is a proof that polygamy can work in a Western society.

My point is not that people should become polygamist. I am just saying that if at least three people wish to live this way in a country, the government has no right to prohibit or sanction it. In a free country people should be able to live the way they want, as long as personal/sexual relationships are concerned. Even if no a single person in a country approves of polygamy, there is no reason to make it illegal. What is this mania of wanting to prohibit behaviours that do not harm others, with no other basis than subjective ideology ? Is that the kind of society we want to live in ? If we start banning things based on ideology rather than reason and pragmaticism we might end up in the same kind of restrictive society as a Communist Police State or an Islamic State. Banning polygamy is at odd with the ideals of freedom of Western society.

09-01-2012, 12:47 PM	#18
beriarele Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 333 Senior Member	The Mormons in Utah are polygamists and seem to live happily with it. It is a proof that polygamy can work in a Western society. My point is not that people should become polygamist. I am just saying that if at least three people wish to live this way in a country, the government has no right to prohibit or sanction it. In a free country people should be able to live the way they want, as long as personal/sexual relationships are concerned. Even if no a single person in a country approves of polygamy, there is no reason to make it illegal. What is this mania of wanting to prohibit behaviours that do not harm others, with no other basis than subjective ideology ? Is that the kind of society we want to live in ? If we start banning things based on ideology rather than reason and pragmaticism we might end up in the same kind of restrictive society as a Communist Police State or an Islamic State. Banning polygamy is at odd with the ideals of freedom of Western society.
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