to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error” (George Shaw). Polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. In the United States‚ it is illegal. In some cultures‚ polygamy is acceptable due to the shortage of women that live there. This practice is mainly associated with Mormons and the Fundamentalists Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. Polygamy is wrong because it is unconstitutional‚ it increases forced marriages‚ and it
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one wife can be a deviant behavior depending on the country and a person’s beliefs. Polygamy is considered normal and lawful in many countries‚ but it is outlawed in the United States. The people that believe in it say that monogamy is not natural and it oppresses the social structure. Those against it‚ say it is a religious offense‚ or that it violates a spouse’s right to intimacy. The Mormon belief is that polygamy is holy and was practiced commonly in ancient times. Having more than one wife is
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Once referred to as the “original marriage” Polygamy is now an alternative lifestyle lived by many‚ but is it right? There are multiple countries around the world that believe that this is in fact an applicable way of living. The Origins of polygamy are extremely vast and are practiced all over the world. However‚ in the United States it is illegal‚ yet there are many knowing individuals who still partake in this style of living. It is reported that “there are 40‚000 people living in polygamous families
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Children of Polygamy By Jamie Sinclair Prof. V. Cavalli English 103 04/12/2012 Children of Polygamy With reasonable guidelines in place to prevent human right violations‚ should polygamy be legal in Canada? First of all‚ a clear definition of the term is required: “Polygamy occurs when one husband is married to two or more wives” (Ozkan‚M et al‚215) .This scenario is not common in North America however has been known to occur in the past. To gain an insight to the world
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Polygamy‚ also called plural marriage‚ is the practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Mormon Fundamentalist believe and practice polygamy. In FLDS communities it is the male that has many wives and from these wives comes many children. Most people look down upon Polygamy‚ because they believe it to be degrading of the women. However‚ within Mormon Fundamentalism‚ polygamy serves a great part of their religion and helps with family dynamics. Mormon Fundamentalist believe and practice
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QUESTION 10 “Would polygamy work in Australia today? Use cross-cultural comparisons to support your argument‚ pay attention to the advantages and disadvantages of this form of marriage.” In this essay I will argue the point that polygamy will not work in the Australian society in which we live today. ‘Polygamy is not merely an exotic habit of a few faraway people. A wide range of very different societies allow a man to be married to more that one wife simultaneously and is even today a viable
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Is There a Case for Legalizing Polygamy? 1. For a long time I have found the practice of polygamy intriguing‚ and have wondered why opposition to this form of marriage is so strong in the United States and most of the world see my A Treatise on the Family‚ 1981‚1993‚ Harvard University Press. I have been reflecting on this subject again as a result of the arrest several months ago of a fundamentalist Mormon leader in Utah who was charged with practicing polygamy‚ among other things. The Mormon
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Dictionary marriage is defined as‚ “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife.” In some countries polygamy meaning the practice of multiple marriages where men have more than one wife is adopted as part of their culture and beliefs. The community’s polygamists derive their theology from early Mormon teachings. Even though polygamy in the U.S. is forbidden and criminal offenses‚ Mormon fundamentalists known as sects continue the practice of plural marriage and despite
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Morality and Polygamy There are many people opposed to the concept of polygamous marriages. Polygamy is legal in some countries‚ such as Iran and Saudi Arabia‚ but illegal in others‚ such as the United States of America. Many have personal‚ religious‚ and/or cultural reasons to disagree with such practices‚ but is the practice of polygamy morally wrong‚ or is it acceptable? Some argue that it is wrong because of the negative consequences caused by such marriages; yet ignore successful polygamous
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Polygamy is a very controlling‚ as well as abusive relationship that children should not be brought up in. Polygamy is very likely to be a discriminative relationship where one person in the relationship (almost always the man) dominates over the other members (almost always the women). This may sound very open‚ as well as tolerant‚ to think all members of a polygamous marriage would be 100% willing and not at all disadvantaged‚ but that’s pretty much ignoring that the history of polygamy is tied
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