The poll is not anonymous. Be prepared to detail your position if you participate in the general discussion. Multiple answers are allowed.
The question of how we view polygamy allows for several responses. As heterosexual men and women, would we prefer to have several spouses to ourselves, or would we be willing to share our spouse with several coequal spouses? Do bisexuals see any attraction in the proposition? How would homosexuals view the formalization of previously colloquial familial assertions based in communal living? Are you one who opposes or rejects polygamy for moral, legal, or psychiatric reasons? Or perhaps you just don't care what other people do?
If you marry someone, do you need to specify that it is a monogamous relationship at the outset? Should you be able to block your spouse from adding other spouses to the equation? What legal authority and rights does another spouse enjoy regarding any children born to one spouse?
In other words, would you enter a polygamous marriage, and how, exactly, do you envision that arrangement functioning?
Much of the opposition to polygamy is a combination of myopic superstition and a less-than-appreciable history that includes variously harems, blind religious devotion, abusive psychological manipulation, and confusion about basic issues such as whose children respond to what authority.
To the other, much support for polygamy is invested in myopic superstition, less-than-appreciable traditions, blind religious devotion, and abusive psychological manipulation. A libertarian appeal on behalf of polygamy ought to do more than simply throw people to the wolves; it seems paradoxical to call for the recognition of a practice by a civilized society while refusing the proposition of customs and laws that govern conduct in a civilized society.
So what do you mean when you say "polygamy"? How does it work? Is it something you would do?
Have at it.
The question of how we view polygamy allows for several responses. As heterosexual men and women, would we prefer to have several spouses to ourselves, or would we be willing to share our spouse with several coequal spouses? Do bisexuals see any attraction in the proposition? How would homosexuals view the formalization of previously colloquial familial assertions based in communal living? Are you one who opposes or rejects polygamy for moral, legal, or psychiatric reasons? Or perhaps you just don't care what other people do?
If you marry someone, do you need to specify that it is a monogamous relationship at the outset? Should you be able to block your spouse from adding other spouses to the equation? What legal authority and rights does another spouse enjoy regarding any children born to one spouse?
In other words, would you enter a polygamous marriage, and how, exactly, do you envision that arrangement functioning?
Much of the opposition to polygamy is a combination of myopic superstition and a less-than-appreciable history that includes variously harems, blind religious devotion, abusive psychological manipulation, and confusion about basic issues such as whose children respond to what authority.
To the other, much support for polygamy is invested in myopic superstition, less-than-appreciable traditions, blind religious devotion, and abusive psychological manipulation. A libertarian appeal on behalf of polygamy ought to do more than simply throw people to the wolves; it seems paradoxical to call for the recognition of a practice by a civilized society while refusing the proposition of customs and laws that govern conduct in a civilized society.
So what do you mean when you say "polygamy"? How does it work? Is it something you would do?
Have at it.
). Personally i know myself well enough that i KNOW i wouldnt be able to get over the jelousy thing and so i wouldnt expect my partner to either. However if it works for other people its not up to me to say its wrong