Enough With the Scare Tactics - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
peter.suber's bookmarks 2013-12-18
Summary:
"Polygamy raises a number of public-policy concerns that same-sex marriage does not. That said, the gay-rights movement has bolstered the polygamist-rights movement in one key way: by insisting that finding a practice weird or icky or religiously anathema is not sufficient reason to make it illegal. While I’m skeptical about extending state recognition to plural marriages, a free society has no more business outlawing “cohabitation” — as the Utah law did — than it has outlawing consensual romantic relationships. Instead of fearmongering, it’s time we debate polygamy on the merits."