Reply #37: Polygamy has its place, just not now.

[jonolover]

Polygamy, in the olden times, was acceptable, actually, necessary to maintain birth rates with lots of men dying in battles and wars. That is why polygamy came into being. And that is also why polyandry didn't. We certainly do not have that situation anymore. On the contrary, we are faced with over-population. So, we do not need polygamy. If in the future, the humankind is challenged with natural calamities of enormous magnitude and somehow millions and millions of people perish, we may have to take some drastic measures then in order to "repopulate" the earth. And polygamy seems a nice way to do that. We will deal with it when and if that situation arises. For now, let's keep the issue in lock-and-key and deal with the issue that is in front of us - marriage equality with two people involved. That is what I think about the slippery slope argument.

On edit: I guess for the Mormons, they practice polygamy to merely increase their number - so that they can bear enough clout to stop the screening of "Brokeback Mountain" from a Sandy theater!