Polygamy should be legalized in the West

. . . ~~~~~~~~ Rebuttals ~~~~~~~~ ///The reason for my first argument is to prove that in many major countries today, the female population exceeds the male population by MILLIONS, meaning that there will always be millions of women out there who are forced to live without a partner if Polygamy isn't legalized. /// You're making it seem like EVERY man in X Western country has one wife already. This is simply not the case. In America marriage rates are falling [1]. To assert that what you're claiming, that women are going unmarried because of lack of available men, you need to show with evidence that this is the case. You have not done this and instead are backing this point with only a hypothetical scenario where there all men are married and women can't find husbands. ~ ///By pointing out that men need and want sex far more than women, I am proving that Nature has intended for Polygamy to exist. /// Again, sex has nothing at all to do with the legal concept of marriage. Currently marriage is not about biology per se. It is about granting legal protections to individuals who enter into binding contracts with the government. Saying that men are naturally polygamous and should therefore be allowed to enter into contracts with multiple individuals does not support your notion. ~ ///Plus, I would argue that sex is a large part of marriage and therefore it should be considered in this debate. /// It deals with the social aspects of marriage and literally has nothing to do with the legal one. ~ ///3. Polygamy being a successful practice:/// Here is where my opponent's point falls apart. Legal marriage in Islam/Islamic countries is significantly different than it is in America/Western culture. For instance it does not entail nearly as many legal concepts and the government is hardly involved [2]. I will use American marriage as an example as to why it would not work over here. Here is a general overview of the legal rights that are granted by marriage in America [3]. Trying to make sense of these legal niceties would be extremely difficult and time-consuming to say the least. For instance what spouses would have legal rights in regards to a child conceived by only two of the participants? How would more than one individual be able to live off of death benefits from a single person? How would assets be divided in the event of one spouse's death without a last will and testament? The list goes on. Using Islamic polygamy as an example of successful polygamy does not really apply in this situation because marriage is much, much simpler for them. ~ ///Here is evidence suggesting that Polygamy has been practiced for thousands of years:/// Okay. .. so you sourced the information. You didn't address or counter the point that this entire contention is an appeal to tradition. the logical fallacy that means "it does not follow that what was once done should be done now. " [4] ~ ///5. Religion does not really forbid Polygamy:/// I addressed why polygamy is not really feasible above. I believe the explanation applies to this contention. ~ I await my opponent's response. [1] . http://www.divorcemag.com... [2] . http://islam.about.com... [3] . http://tinyurl.com... [4] . http://www.nizkor.org...