Polygamy should be legal

Good rebuttal.But mine will be even better!!! :)The spouse must have consent before marrying, and no rational person would agree to marrying a person carrying a STD.Then they really don't love each other then do they? You'd dump a person just because they hav STD's. You can still get married- just use a condom!II Polygynos men are not very good fathersOne, I need sources, citations, etc. Sure:http://huntergatherer.com...Second, why would high-status men choose to marry more wives? What do they gain? There's this thing called gredd. I don't tknow if you've heard of it. Some men are like that. They are never satisfied with what they want so they keep demanding more and more. Of course not all men are like this. I'm just saying that some men will most definitely act like this if polygamy were made legal.Three, if there was an alternative reason for marrying apart from love, that would be for more children. If people wanted more children, then they would care for their health and safety.Really. Ever heard of the Duggars? How their oldest son Josh Duggar molested some of his sisters and his parents didn't even bother to call the police. Heck the girls didn't even know they were actually being abused caus of all the brainwashing. (Again, not all people are like this).Fourth, my opponent have no sources for large number of children.It was just an idea. But since you want source, I'll give you some:https://en.wikipedia.org...https://en.wikipedia.org...Have quite a lot children don't they?"Allegedly, when the competition for brides go up, men try to secure brides at younger ages."Why would they do that?Why wouldn't they? Why does Con keep thinking men want more wives? I never thought that. But there are indeed MANY men who want more wives but they cant because it's against the law. These men will immediately try to find as many wives a possible to be their bride(s) no matter how old or young they are."Competition drives men to use whatever connections, advantages, and alliances they have in order to obtain wives.."What competition? Why would men want to compete (I'm guessing with men in general) for wives?As you might not know, men are very competitive creatures. While some men might not intend to comete at who can have the most wives, some eventually will.Also, women have freedom of expression. It is a democracy, after all. Marriage would not be possible without consent. And legalizing polygamy might take that away. While I know some women might go into a polygamous relationship with full consent, not all end up enjoying it. Maybe their husband turns out to be a complete tyrannical dictator and treates his wives and children like property. Maybe she neds up being jealous of her sister wives. Many things pop up.In my previous argument, I say, "If a person wishes so, he can have the consent from his previous spouse and marry another one. "That pretty much sums it up. If more attention is paid to one partner, the other can divorce. You just proved my argument here. Polygamny does not always work out just like monogamy does not always work out. In polygamy there is SO much more room for jealousy if the man is spending more time with one wife than all the others so then divorce comes and that would probably be a greater impact on the children (if there are any) than in a momogamous relationship since polygamous realtionships normally tend to have much more children.No verse in the Old and New Testament states that polygamy shoud not be practised, without some ambiguity and vagueness. Therefore, there is no religious obstacle.True BUT there are some verses in the New Testament that suggest that God intended for marraige to be momogamous:Ephesians 5:31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, cleave to his WIFE ( not wives) and they will become one flesh"1 Timothy 3:2 "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of ONE wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;" This verse states that polymanous men are not eligible for Chruch leadershipSo I don't think it would be practical for a Christian man to be polygamous. But I cannot speak for the other religions as I am rather ignorant of them compared to my own.Con seems to think just because (s)he thinks it's pointless, this debate is not worth having.Quite contrary acutally. Why would I accept this debate if I didn't think it was worth having? That would just be a waste of my time and yours. I actually think legalized polygamy is a reasonable thing to discuss as more and more people- mainly men are advocating for it. Even if, "women are able to provide for and protect themselves", they could still fall in love with the same man.Even in this monogamous society people hate it when somebody else in in love with the same person. How would that be any different in a polygamous society?Polygamy gives people a chance to choose more than one partner. Why do they need more than one partner may I ask? It just seems rather pointless. I know this sounds quite subjective and all but that's just what it looks like. In my personal opinion, I don't regard polygamy as real marriages (but who says my opinion counts?)Con seems to be stuck to this point. Where is the competition? Why would men compete for more wives? Even if, there is a competition, where would one get more spouses? For spouses, you need consent. I don't think I'm stuck at all. There's no competition at the moment because polygamy is illegal. But if it were to be legalized there very well could be just as there very well could not be. Like I said above. Men do tend to be more competitive than women so what makes you think that they wouldn't compete for more wives?With this, I have refuted Con's arguments. With this, I have refuted Pro's arguments.