>>Polygamy is a patriarchal concept that generally propogates the subjugation of women to customs they have not defined<<

I wouldn't assume that only one sex could have multiple...er, spouses or that the spouses would be limited to one sex. That would not be subjugating anyone, would it?

But the important point is whether you think it is a "right" of consenting adults to choose who they marry, or whether you think the majority of the US population should decide the issue of what marriage is - even if it means preventing consenting adults from marriages that are outside the normal definition of the word.

If compared to the civil rights movement with regard race, it would be like declaring in the Supreme Court that blacks should have equeal rights, but not hispanics. Either consenting adults that aren't harming anyone should be allowed to do as they wish, or

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