Polygamy is an acceptable practise in the modern world

First of all i would like to thank Con for accepting my arguing and wish him/her luck in this debate Now that all pleasantries have been set aside time to proceed with the argument at hand Pro argues that polygamy is an acceptable practice in the modern world Pro submits that according to Pro's research 16 countries have to date accepted the practice of same sex marriage, 18 if you count certain states in Mexico and the United States of America. Most of these countries if not all are Western states http://www.pewforum.org... These countries have arguably the most progressive constitutions in the world (for example the South African constitution, which also happens to have been inspired by the Canadian and USA constitution). A progressive constitution is basically recognized as a constitution advocating social reform. Progressiveness adopts the view that freedom is a result of human making, basically we make our own freedoms, which is why such constitutions adopt a bill of rights giving people certain freedoms and acknowledging the importance of people's freedoms. The term freedom is broad enough to include a host of rights ranging from freedom of opinion to right to life Social reform on the other hand is pretty much a similar creature; a change of mindset, (for example the abolitionism movement to end slavery was social reform). This progression tends to have a good effect on society as it factors in creates an environment necessitating true freedom of human beings. Abolitionism as already stated had a positive effect on society (acknowledging that all humans are equal regardless of colour) http://www.history.com... Another social reform movement beneficial to society is or rather was in the Western world the movement for women's rights. For purposes of keeping this argument simple and easier to follow i will merely cite reference with regards to benefit to society of this movement http://www.unfpa.org... These are but a few advantageous social reforms. Pro's intention with regards to these arguments is to prove that social reform is good for society. Furthermore same-sex marriages are also positive to society. If we can allow a man to marry another man/woman to marry a woman, if we can mold the definition of spouse and change the definition of marriage to factor in the individual needs, desires and perceptions of people, is not hypocritical to deny a human being the right to marry two or more spouses, by what basis are we denying polygamists acceptability in our environment, when we afford the same acceptability to same sex couples. Clearly it is not from a religious perceptive What about morally speaking one might ask Pro submits that it is morally more honest to practice polygamy. Truth is polygamy is practiced by a lot of people, not in its true (literal sense). People cheat, and they do so a lot of the time. Would it not then be logical to accept polygamy to free humans from an unrealistic system (that people should be forced by society to have one spouse because it is presumably better for them). 68% of married women (women are supposedly less sexually driven, however pro disputes this point) according to certain study carried out would cheat if they would not get caught http://www.statisticbrain.com... If cheating is such a common occurrence why then is polygamy shunned since it represents the state of a lot of human relationships. Con could argue that polygamy has the risk of increasing STI infections as one would be more susceptible to such infections with increased sexual partners. Pro counter's this potential argument by stating that people cheat, and logically one is more likely to get an STI infection from a cheating partner as opposed to an openly polygamous partner whose actions are not shunned by society. Where one is in an open polygamous relationship, the spouse/s would be more aware of the polygamous spouses multiple partners and can take measures to prevent the passing of STI's in such an instance by always insisting on the use of a condom for example. Whereas with regards to a cheating partner this knowledge is unknown to the spouse