The Polygamy Paradox

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The Polygamous Paradox

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46867

As for the conservative perspective, I find it difficult to understand how polygamy, an institution seldom associated with historical societal instability, should be considered inherently dangerous to human liberty. No one is arguing that women – or men – should ever be forced into any multi-party relationships. The ability to enter voluntarily into a contractual relationship is virtually the opposite of being legal chattel, and it is hard to argue that easy divorce, unmarried cohabitation and the resultant serial polyamory practiced by Americans today are better for the children produced by such unstable relationships.

Indeed, polygamy certainly offers the obvious solution to the child versus career conundrum so many women have pondered over the last 35 years and in doing so might offer the demographically declining West an opportunity for survival.

I think the writer has a point. Divorce, joint custody and child support has made polygamy a practical reality if still not a legal reality.