If two legally aged women and a man wish to get married and there is no coercion or anything of the like

@LadyShagw0rthy I accept that's how you want your marriage to go. I'll even grant that it's the common or majority outlook. But is it the only definition? At one point in time, at least in mostly Christian western countries, marriage was a man and a woman. Go back to the 1600 and you could be killed for being gay. Just 40 years ago, you couldn't get married. But now, being in a gay marriage is normal. Not the majority, but normal. I think OP is making much the same point.

I don't personally want two spouses. But I'm not sure why I or anyone should have the right to tell them they can't do it.

@LadyShagw0rthy
That may be the point of your marriage. Historically thought, marriage was about economics, survival and family tradition. Even today, half of marriages end up in divorce, and some studies suggest that 40% of married people end up having affairs.

@Tracos I love someone so much I want to get the government involved?

@RosaMarie exactly and confirmed with a signed contract

@Therealsteve
If you ask the LDS Church today, they will tell you that no LDS member supports polygamy. But you're a member and you should discuss it with your "saint" or "bishop" or something like that.

Brigham Young made the practice illegal, during the process that made Utah a state (going through the Mountain Meadows massacre - fun fact, John Less is the Great-great-grandfather of Senator Mike Lee).

So, if you're an actual LDS member, you will be ex communicated.

But this is not about suppression of individual rights, because all you have to do is watch one of the reality shows to see how it's done.

It's about what the massive volume of laws that must be created to make this legal. I'm of course talking about Western societies. You can of course move to a Sharia law country, where the Sharia law goes into it in great detail.

@Northwest "if you ask the LDS church". You know, there is no single person called "LDS church". We are all individuals with our own ideas. Whichever ward I go to I get support for the idea, including from women.

"It's about what the massive volume of laws that must be created to make this legal. " The government could quite literally just sod off out of the private lives of other humans.

I've also lived in a country with Sharia law. They had separate legal systems for different faiths, within the same country, and ran by a very small tax income. So no, it doesn't have to be complicated, at all.

@Therealsteve
Which is why I suggested you ask the Church, and then come back and reply here.


You should really into the history of your church, specifically why Brigham Young disallowed polygamy. But here's a hint: Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution (implemented in 1790 and interpreted by SCOTUS in 1813).

I have no idea why you mean by "ran by a very small tax income", but there's nothing simple about it, from striking down the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution, to how Sharia Law governs marriage, divorce, custody, spousal support, child support/obligations, inheritance, probate, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

If you live in the USA, you're of course welcome to live with as many people as you like, but there is no legal framework for it, and we don't need one.

As Elon Musk is finding out, attorneys and courts will sort it out, with no need for new marriage laws.

But, go ahead and as the LDS Church for a marriage license for you and your wives, and see how they feel about it, and then move to Oregon and ask the State of Oregon how they feel about it, then move to Texas and deal with one of your wives leaving with the kids, along with one kid from the other wife, who now is married to someone else, and does not want her biological kid to go with her.