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Bill Against Polygamy I wonder how many of us would like to be politicians in a world and a country where few groups can get themselves to agree on things. Think, for example, of something as seemingly simple as religious freedom. Of course, most of use agree with the Constitution, that people should be allowed to believe and worship as they want. But what about religious groups that are not "normal," according to most people's views? Polygamy is one such example. Many who practice this form of marriage have religious reasons for doing so. Most of us find his practice strange and disturbing. It is therefore difficult for us to believe that the Constitution should grant such people the right to marry more than one person legally and to provide any other benefits that come with this. So, the debate goes on. And for this reason I do not envy those in political positions who are faced with issues like legalizing controversial lifestyles that some say should be a human right.

So let's start by having a look at some publications about polygamy. "The Bill Against Polygamy" is an example of an article published in 1860, where the...

The reasons for this are interesting and say a lot about the society and general beliefs of the time. The article seems to show that the author feared, at the time, that the Latter Day Saints would start a war to protect a husband's right to take more than one wife.
Another interesting point the article makes is that Mormons, being considered immoral because of polygamy, are also mostly responsible for crime. Not only this, they are also claimed to be responsible for not doing anything about crimes that are committed, since most crimes are committed by Mormons, and Mormons also have high positions in courts and the police force. In other words, it looks like the authors of the document believed that Mormons are both violent and have managed to get into the police and other law enforcement places so that they can continue their violence. This is why the article is against a bill that would make polygamy illegal. The fear was that the violence would escalate, since the already violent Mormons are made even more unhappy by the law telling them how to conduct their marriages. Today,…

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Kaminer, W. (2013). Why is Polygamy Illegal? Council for Secular Humanism. Retrieved from: http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=kaminer_28_5

The New York Times (1860). The Bill Against Polygamy. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/1860/04/07/news/the-bill-against-polygamy.html

U.S. Marriage Laws. (2013). Retrieved from: http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/polygamy/index.shtml
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