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

@Northwest I am a Mormon.

"It is the duty of every righteous man and every woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they can... this is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed." — Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses.

Who adults marry is no one's business.

@Northwest No.. he is not bothered whether polygamy is legalised. Two women are ready to get married to him in a democracy.

@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.

@Northwest There isn't one person called "the church", with all the same opinions. I know some in the church who want it returned and believe it will return, and others who aren't so up for the idea but wouldn't challenge it.

You keep bringing up the US law, I'm not an American.

@Therealsteve
You claimed to be a member of the LDS Church. If you have a different opinion, then you can't call youself a member of the LDS.

So if you, and those who want polygamy back and recognized by the LDS, lobby for it and effect a chance. Otherwise, if you consider yourself a member, there's nothing ambiguous about how the LDS Church treats polygamy.


I was very specific in response to the issue you raised and was very specific as well, when I discussed countries where polygamy is allowed under Sharia.

Where did I misinform?