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In reply to the discussion: Should Polygamy be illegal? [View all]Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)I don't really care what consenting adults do, but the problem is that these fundy religious cults decide that a girl is marriageable once she starts menstruating, and then they marry her off to some old man. Warren Jeffs is a perfect example.
Girls who are raised from birth to be seen as fuck material for the elderly church leader are in no way consenting. They have no choice in the matter and for that reason alone polygamy can never be made legal. These cults also kick out many of their boys and young men, so there is no competition for the old fucks. These boys are given no choice in the matter, either. In order to succeed, the girls must be given to the old men, and the boys must be sent away. Who in their right mind would want to make that legal?
Things are fine just the way they are.