Was the Government wrong to outlaw Polygamy?

Question

If my religion practices Polygamy should it be legal to do so ? Doesnt the constitution allow freedom of religion?

Answer 1

Okay, Trying to be as respectful as possible to your religion.If lets say my religion practices marrying off underage girls against their wishes , does that make it okay by society standards just because its my religion(which its not)? I dont think it should be legal to be married to more than one person. What makes being with more than one person right, I just dont understand why one isnt good enough.

Answer 2

Coming from a heritage of plural marriage 150 years ago, and that heritage being subject to political persecution from the federal government, there was no legal reason for the banning of plural marriage as it was practiced. Each husband was still responsible to care for his family. He was still under the law of chastity to be faithful to his wives to whom he was legally wed. There was the practical need to care for an overabundance of women in the society so it made sense to assign them to good men who could marry them and care for them. Likewise, it helped the population to expand quicker than normally expected.
The government was inflamed by apostates and other detractors into believing lies and distortions. What was passed as moral controls was in reality religious persecution.
That said, todays immoral societal climate is so full of hypocrisy that to continue to proscribe viable marriages simply compounds the hypocrisy. It is okay to have as many affairs as we want and to engage in immoral acts with people of the same gender but not to have multiple marriages that are truly committed to each other on a willing and volutary basis.
The Church does not want to make waves with society and has declined to pursue the matter, which is okay. Nevertheless, I believe that the laws against plural marriage as my ancestors practiced it, are wrong.

Answer 3

The weird thing is that today it would be perfectly legal for someone who could convince 20 people of the opposite gender to live with him/her without being married it'd be perfectly legal. But they tried to get married it'd be illegal. And why is it OK to marry then divorce 10 people, one after the other, but wrong to marry them all at the same time?

The real solution is to get government out of the marriage business altogether. Let people make up whatever marriage contract they want, sign it, and let the courts enforce the contract like they do any other one. If churches want to make up rules of what kind of contract they'll accept (one spouse, opposite gender, etc.) to perform or recognize a marriage they can. But who am I to use the government to force other adults to live by my standards if they aren't hurting me in any way?

Answer 4

I think you are right. And, no where in God's law does it say marriage is between 1 woman and 1 man.

Look at Abraham. The foundation of Chrisitanity/Judaism/Islam. He had many wives. Further, look at Solomon. Christ never says anything about marriage being between one man and one wife. Some even say Joseph had more than one wife - Joseph the earthly father of Jesus.

You should be free to have as many wives as you want.

Answer 5

"My religion, The Church of Zorg, says it's OK to kill babies. Does that mean I'm exempt from the law, since I have the right to express "freedom of religion"?"

Answer 6

The constitution was written under GODs' law. Take this issue up with him. Thank you.

Answer 7

No not for tax purposes it makes it easier to define I person to one person...it has nothing to do with ethics. (unlike their ignorant reasons for wanting to ban gay marriage.)