If a person wishes so, he can have the consent from his...
Polygamy should be legal
Definition: " The state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time". I: Human Rights In a democracy, a person has basic political rights. These political rights gives freedom for expression, to protest, to organize, etc. The UN has an entire article on the right to marry between a man and a woman. "ARTICLE 16 1. Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. 2. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. " However, this only covers heterosexual marriages. So, most countries have included homosexual marriages into theiir own "Right to Marry". The next, logical step is to legalise polygamy. If a person wishes so, he can have the consent from his previous spouse and marry another one. The State has no bearing upon him. As the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 16, states: "Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. " Why would this be wrong? There is consent, after all. II: Religious reasons 1. Christianity - There are plenty of verses that implies polygamy is "wrong". The founder of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, once wrote that "I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture. If a man wishes to marry more than one wife he should be asked whether he is satisfied in his conscience that he may do so in accordance with the word of God. In such a case the civil authority has nothing to do in the matter." 2. Other religions: Polygamy is prevalent in most of the other religions, such as Hinduism or Judaism. III: Economic Reasons: A study shows that in polygyny, the woman are more likely to be benefited than polyandry when the sex ration is more. With all the above stated reasons, I want polygamy to be legalised. Sources: 1. http://www.merriam-webster.com... 2. http://www.ohchr.org... 3. http://www.gasl.org... 4. Luter, Martin. De Wette II, 459, ibid., pp. 329–330. 5. https://www.unc.edu...