Polygamy should be legal

I would like to begin, with a small incredulous outburst: did Con just send me TV reality shows as "sources" for polygamy resulting in more children?! Incredility over, the argument starts."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!"Con just proved his/hers argument wrong. If they use condoms, from where will the spouses get STD's? If it is from kisses, then my previous argument still stands. No one voluntarily would put himself into harm. "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. " Gredd? Fine, it's greed. Greed for what? Dominance/power? One, you cannot dominant wherever consent is involved. Consent implies that a person considers another to be worthy enough to be his partner. Two, there's always divorce. If it's not dominance, then it must be money, right? No one gains money from a marriage (dowry is pretty much extinct). Greed for sex? One, consent. If the two have more of a sexual desire, there is nothing wrong with that. If one partner doesn't like it and wants more, there will not be any marriage. Two, divorce."...their oldest son Josh Duggar molested some of his sisters.."Molestation is not consent. If your point is sexual desire, see above. ""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? "First, 'Why wouldn't they?' is not an argument.Second, if you mean men want younger wives as they are more attractive, it's pretty much the same argument. If the two have only a sexual desire, there is nothing wrong with that. If one partner doesn't like it and wants more but the other doesn't, there will not be any marriage. Third, why would competition for brides grow? If it's "gredd", see above."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."Nothing in that sentence is wrong. Many men might want more wives. I, however, object to the "try to find as many wives as possible." Men are not "shopping" for wives. They do not go out and search for prospective wives. (If so, that's called stalking and it's punishable under the law.) But, in the end, they NEED consent from the women. That is the crux of this entire debate. " 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. "DIVORCE. DIVORCE. DIVORCE. "You just proved my argument here. "No, I did not. Yes, the relationships are complicated. Stable marriages might be an impossiblity. But, that would not be possible if the previous spouse had not accepted the husband's choice of spouse. Of course, a possessive partner would be a tough obstacle. Societal norms would change, for example, having a date along with one's partner, etc. Children are a different facet. Why would there be a greater impact on children in a polygamous relationship? It would probably be the same as in a monogamous relationship."So I don't think it would be practical for a Christian man to be polygamous. "Here, I drop my religious arguments, as I am not a Christian. I do not know how to argue for them."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?"Uh.. the spouse's consent is needed?"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?) "There might be no need for polygamy, but it doesn't mean that polygamy should be criminalised. If there arises a situation, polygamy could be one way of solving it."Men do tend to be more competitive than women so what makes you think that they wouldn't compete for more wives? "The use of sexist arguments is probably frowned upon in DDO. Competition for wives is refuted above. With that, my arguments for polygamy is over.