Polygamy is seen in more of the world's cultures then monogamy. We're just used to it here in the West. But polygamy is practiced less. Various forms of marriage, descent and kinship are culturally based and that includes monogamy.
The problem I see here is not with form but rather the practice to maintain it. The means to maintain this practice are infractions on the individual rights of those children. This is an issue of human rights and that precedes religion in this country, plain and simple. If it did not then sacrifices would be permitted because a God(s) deemed it necessary and whispered it in some wackos ear.
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Quote by: Isherwood I'm certainly no fan of religion. But if you do this, other religious groups are sure to protest since they will maintain that it could be their practices the government decides to criminalize next. |
I'm sure the majority of religions deem this as evil in the first place.
But I see your point.
With some polygamous cultures they usually married women young, and men older. This gave an artificial surplus of women. Or some men simply didn't marry or just married monogamously. Or polygamy turned matriarchal.
They need to implement restrictions on these cults. Their means to provide a surplus of women is absurd and inhumane in the US.