Polygamy is an acceptable practise in the modern world

I am not equating polygamy to child abuse. I am again just posing the question of where do we draw the line with accepting marriage desires? You made a case that polygamy should be accepted because we accept marriage desires under gay marriage for example but there must be a line drawn, that is all I am saying when using the example of marriage to underage girls or animals. You say that "the constitution recognize a person's freedom of choice (as long as it is reasonable and cause no harm to another person)" and then say that not accepting polygamy is a contradiction of freedom of choice. however polygamy is a completely subjective thing when it comes to being "reasonable" or not so this is not a valid argument. Just because you think that polygamy is reasonable doesn't mean that it is in fact a contradiction of freedom of choice and should be accepted. Like I said it is subjective and completely depends on the person. I am disappointed with my opponents choice to ignore my points on the harm of polygamy. He claims that he could easily Google real life benefits of polygamy and find a few examples, yet he does no such thing, giving absolutely no kind of rebuttal or counter-argument against my points. Therefore my points still stand as there very may well be cases of benefits of polygamy but as my opponent has not presented such cases, for the purpose of this debate, they may as well be non-existent. "Leaves some men with no women to marry". I am not sure what you find so difficult about this point? Speaking In terms of the polygamous community, some men will have no women to marry as there will be a high demand. My opponent claims that polygamy is not cheating however he says differently earlier on in the debate: "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. " You use this as an argument to accept polygamy; the fact that it is practiced in the form of cheating. I feel this is a weak argument for polygamy. It is like saying, people murder all the time therefore murdering should be accepted. There is no backbone to the argument. Likewise you say "polygamy is good as it decreases the need to cheat" however, 1. If this is true then I think that is a very insignificant pro of polygamy compared to the sheer cons I have described. 2. You make this claim without providing any evidence, source, reference etc. I think you have misinterpreted the meaning of a "backward" country. It is not to do with their legal systems, it is essentially just a developing country of the world. And the truth is Polygamy is mainly practiced in developing countries where women have sub-standard rights and men are the dominant figure. However as I have shown, polygamy in developed countries harms every party involved just as much as it would in developing countries, therefore why should it be accepted? To respond to your examples, Nigeria is indeed a developing country. Your very own source says that "Polygamy is traditional" as well as religious. Nigeria like most developing countries has traditions where the man is dominant to the woman and where the woman has little say. (. http://iheu.org...). Why would we adopt such a practice in the modern society when we are far ahead of these cultural rules. In other words, why should we adopt practices from the developing world? That would be going backwards instead of forwards. Not to mention the cons of such a practice. Again I am not calling the law "backward" per say, just that the country is a developing one, with developing practices. I must call you up on your Netherlands example. Polygamy involves marriage, not a "civil union", therefore polygamy has not been accepted, just a civil union between 3 people has been accepted. However what does this prove? I don't see how this is an argument for the notion that polygamy should be an acceptable practice in the modern world. Pointing out countries involved with polygamy is not an argument for polygamy. With that I end my round.