I actually am not agreeing with your statement that many in favor of gay marriage are against polygamy. The main group being vehemently against polygamy are the Mormon LDS group themselves. No one will be so bitterly agitating against mormon fundamentalists (polygamy practicing groups are called this in Utah) as members of LDS church.
Personally I don't mind multi-marriage being legal, but make a note that if that should happen it has to go both ways, polyamorous women should have equal rights to have many husbands.
Mormon fundamentalists (as the polygamists are called often) carry with them a multitude of other issues that you aren't addressing in this post, but which affect people's opinion on Mormon polygamy.
1) They select sister wives at very young ages, basically under aged girls, to a high degree. It is also part of the culture.
2) Women, are of course not allowed to marry multiple men, nor are young boys treated in the same way as young girls on the marriage market. (although young boys undergo other challenges)
3) Fathers of children from polygamous relationships have a problematic history of not being able to pay child support and relying on the state to take care of the kids. Utah is full of cases with such "fathers in hiding", as the culture of polygamy is practiced in pretty poor rural places more than anything else.
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Date: 13/7/11 21:20 (UTC)Personally I don't mind multi-marriage being legal, but make a note that if that should happen it has to go both ways, polyamorous women should have equal rights to have many husbands.
Mormon fundamentalists (as the polygamists are called often) carry with them a multitude of other issues that you aren't addressing in this post, but which affect people's opinion on Mormon polygamy.
1) They select sister wives at very young ages, basically under aged girls, to a high degree. It is also part of the culture.
2) Women, are of course not allowed to marry multiple men, nor are young boys treated in the same way as young girls on the marriage market. (although young boys undergo other challenges)
3) Fathers of children from polygamous relationships have a problematic history of not being able to pay child support and relying on the state to take care of the kids. Utah is full of cases with such "fathers in hiding", as the culture of polygamy is practiced in pretty poor rural places more than anything else.