I was reading an article and well its worth thinking. In an advanced society (where women are equal to men), polygamy should be allowed. If someone can afford and the wives have no issues ... why not ? Playboy chief Heff lives in with his haram of women and we have a reality show on it. But wait !! He cannot marry more than one of them (not that he would want :) ) ... but why is it illegal ?

quoting http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2004-10-03-turley_x.htm :
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Individuals have a recognized constitutional right to engage in any form of consensual sexual relationship with any number of partners. Thus, a person can live with multiple partners and even sire children from different partners so long as they do not marry. However, when that same person accepts a legal commitment for those partners "as a spouse," we jail them.

Likewise, someone such as singer Britney Spears can have multiple husbands so long as they are consecutive, not concurrent. Thus, Spears can marry and divorce men in quick succession and become the maven of tabloid covers. Yet if she marries two of the men for life, she will become the matron of a state prison.
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Laws need to be revisited. I understand in some societies, men are the all powerful gender... and these kind of laws protect women ... but every society should give it a thought. Actually polygamy is legal in lot of countries and ironically its those countries where women anyway do not have much rights.

So agree ? or disagree ?

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Reference: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2004-10-03-turley_x.htm