Should plural marriage aka polygyny be legalized in the US?

[PositiveFlight]

A study was just released stating that by the year 2030, over 52% of women between the ages of 23-44 would not be able to get married and would not be able to have children as a result. With so many younger women nowadays not being able to successfully find love/marriage with someone who is willing to commit and have children, is it time to legalize plural marriage in America by at least allowing it to be an option or alternative for those who choose? Whether it’s something the rest of society agrees with or not in their personal life, or whether a person would or wouldn’t be involved in plural marriage themselves, is irrelevant. The question is simply this… Is it consistent under equal application or equal protection of the law that government should no longer unconstitutionally prohibit the legal practice of plural marriage, aka polygyny? The way it is currently with the anti bigamy laws, it seems very hypocritical and it can be argued that government is applying protections of law only to certain groups who cry for equality the loudest! So to recap, if a man is already married to one woman and she gives permission for him to be in a second or third marriage to an additional woman in each marriage, assuming they are all of legal age and everyone consents without duress of their own free will, why shouldn’t he and the new wife be able to also show up at any county courthouse in America and request an additional marriage license? US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in his own dissenting opinion regarding the LGBTQ legal marriage decision made it clear from a legal standpoint on how the court would most likely rule should a case for plural marriage ever be brought before the court when he said “It is striking how much of the majority’s reasoning would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage.”

Yes, the same argument used for legalization of LGBTQ has equal application

No, government can pick and choose marriage types based on what’s popular

Government should be out of the legal marriage business altogether and leave it to ecclesiastical or individual choice to determine what constitutes marriage

[Guy13]

Polygamy is not ordained by God. None were successful and please show me one that ever has been all the way back to Abraham.

[PositiveFlight]

If you read my question, I said personal feelings on it are irrelevant. Whether you believe in it for yourself or not is not the issue. The question from a legal standpoint is if it should be allowed on the basis of equal application and equal protection under the law as has been the case with the legalization of LGBTQ marriage. You are quick to argue against plural marriage from a standpoint of morality or marriage being ordained a certain way by God. But you don’t care that LGBTQ is fully legal? You don’t have a moral basis for LGBTQ but you do for plural marriage? Do you see the inconsistency and hypocrisy? This is why I asked for the personal beliefs to be left out of it regarding how it’s applied to people having the choice on whether they want to do it or not.

[Guy13]

It’s not Personal. It’s the Law of God from which the law of MSN is established. Your logic is abhorrent

[Guy13]

Man…

[PositiveFlight]

My logic is abhorrent? You are not using logic at all. First of all, your view on God‘s law differs considerably on what many other Christians believe about God‘s law with regard to plural marriage. So are you claiming you are right and everyone else is wrong? What makes you the moral authority and everyone else not? You are using personal opinions and convictions and applying it as settled moral law that everyone else should follow. At the same time, you have managed to completely filibuster the actual basis of my question or provide any substantive debate to support your argument on a legal constitutional basis!

[PositiveFlight]

Also, you stated “It’s the Law of God from which the law of MSN is established.” So given that “logic” are you trying to tell me that laws which legalized LGBTQ marriage derive from God’s laws?

[Guy13]

You just went on a Rampage about people’s opinion in your first response being irrelevant but refer to other Christians. Again you have no standing. This is a factual discussion SO stop with all the emotionality and examine the Evidence. You obviously have not and know nothing of God’s Law in the Bible. It states Polygamy is illegal. Marriage between man and woman. Adultery is anything beyond one man and one woman married. Read something before you pontificate on it. It is VERY clear.

Your legal argument is unfounded as the law you cite is based upon God’s Law that condemns Polygamy. STOP 🛑…it is painful how Unknowledgeable you are. You wouldn’t know logic if it hit you over the head, just stop as I’m embarrassed for you. TRUST ME, as one who has lobbied…they do not want you representing the Lobbying entity. RETIRE please…it’s sad

[PositiveFlight]

You sir have a major disconnect with logic and reality! My “rampage” is my responding to the ill logic that you have brought up and into the discussion! Again, you are taking your opinion or version of what is supposedly biblical and what is supposedly God‘s law and making that the settled idea of what you think law should be! It is your opinion that plural marriage is against God or is somehow adultery but there are many many Christians who believe that plural marriage is very much a biblical principle and practice. And they would love to argue that fact with you using scripture I am sure. But none of that has any basis here because this discussion is about if the prohibition of plural marriage is constitutionally correct. If you are truly a Christian, then you would have understood the most foundational principle of Christianity is that of mortal agency to choose, aka free will. The way you are applying your so-called logic here is more in line with that of Lucifer! You believe that your viewpoint is the only correct viewpoint and therefore you want to apply it to everyone as if to force others to comply with your version of morality! I’m sorry, but that is not how the laws of the United States of America were ever founded! Originalist US laws and the Bill of Rights were founded on the principle of mortal agency, inherent rights, and the ability of each individual person to self govern according to the dictates of their own conscience. You claim to be painfully embarrassed on my behalf and yet I get a chuckle because it is you who absolutely does not understand any fundamentals of true Christianity or that of the United States founding documents and the intent of the founding fathers to recognize the liberty that God intended for people to have.

[PositiveFlight]

And you have still refuse to address or even mention the inconsistency regarding LGBTQ. These types of marriages are legal and the law of the land. If you are truly a Christian or believe biblically as you claim, then I would think you would understand biblical stories such as Sodom and Gomorrah. While the Bible does not actually condemn plural marriage but rather shows many instances where prophets actually practiced it among others, the Bible surely does condemn LGBTQ behaviors. And yet you seem poised to attack plural marriage as if it’s somehow a worse sin by far. Very interesting “logic” on your part indeed! But I just call it being a hypocrite on your part in order to fit your own narrative!