The Importance Of Plural Marriage

God created marriage as a union between man and woman. A woman, while still having a mind of her own and control over her own life, is under the authority of her husband. This frightens some women, who fear oppression at the hands of their husbands. While it is true that some men abuse the system that God set up for man and woman, not all men act as such. The Bible states monogamy is what God laid down as a foundational law of marriage,

Marriage is a social institution that is practiced globally. Traditionally marriages are known to occur between one man and one woman. However, cultural values and time have reshaped and birthed new types of marriages. Polygamy is a type of marriage that is often practiced around the world specifically in Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Polyamorous marriages have been in existence for centuries. Polygamy is classified into two categories, polygyny, and polyandry. Polygyny is the most popular type of polygamy, in this type of polygamous marriage, a man is married to multiple women. On the other hand, polyandry which is the least familiar type of polygamy is where a woman is married to multiple husbands. The intolerance of Mormons in the United States has led to the outlawing of polyamorous marriages. The Morrill Anti Bigamy law of 1862 outlawed the practice of polygamy in the United States. Like many other laws, this law can be overturned. In fact, it should be reversed because illegalizing polygamy is unethical. Polygamy should be legalized because it is unconstitutional for it to be illegal, same-sex marriages and interracial marriages are legal, therefore so should polyamorous marriages. In addition, legalizing polygamy would prevent immigrant families who practice polygamy from being separated and it would also strengthen the feminist movement.

Definition of culture is a wide range. Culture is language, art, food, cloth, lifestyle, and believe. I was born and lived in Japan 19 years. When I came to the United States, I was surprised how Japanese and American culture is different. Japan and America is different language, food and lifestyle. There is a Japanese culture that American culture should adapt for social benefit. That is arranged marriage. There were many countries that arranged marriage is popular around the world. However, recently, arranged marriage is no more popular because society, and people’s idea changed, and many people think arranged marriage is not respect their children. In Japan, arranged marriage is very popular since long time ago. A few decades ago, arranged marriage was forced marriage, and wealthy people do that for keeping family well-off. However, definition and style of arranged marriage changed recently. Arranged marriage is more like matchmaking. Parents do not force marriage anymore. They encourage to find good partner for daughter or son. “Arranged marriages in Japan are now in the minority because one reporter says that over 70% of Japanese marriage are based on love. The remaining 30 % are arranged.” (Arranged Marriages in Japan) From this date, Japanese still arranged marriage. Arranged marriage is beneficial American society because fast, low divorce rate, no trouble, and marriage with ideal person.

Most would equate their struggle and first for equality to gay marriage. This is mostly due to so much acceptance of those individuals that do not fit the mold of the typical monogamous man and women marriage. We are far from a city that is accepting of this union or are we? Recently families who practice polygamy have been in the public increasingly. Modern day television series such as the Sister Wives follows a family in a polygamous union who documents their day to day life and the struggle that we mentioned in the previous paragraph. This family lives their life in peace which reverts back to my stance on the issue in which the laws that currently exist around polygamy unions are good as they are. Reporter Amy Robek of the 20/20 news show reported on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints Polygamy Compound in a documentary titled “Secrets of the Mormon Cult: Breaking Polygamy”. This documentary was filmed after the prosecution of the cult leader of the FLDS compound Warren Jeff’s. They got a rare inside look on what life is like within compounds, shedding light to outsiders the daily operations and schedules the sheltered people. What they discovered was these families are hold a lower standard of education, health care, and nutritional values. From

The main reason as to why the polygamist would be arrested is because although that person is practicing their religion under the free exercise clause, that person is committing a crime and is therefore punished. The free exercise clause within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states that the U.S. government is unable to interfere with a citizen's right to exercise their religion. However, as a citizen of the United States of America, that person has to abide by the laws of the country meaning that officials are able to arrest a person even if they are just practicing their religion.

According to section 15. (1) of the Charter “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.” Considering the harm inherently associated with polygamous marriages, the limitation imposed by the state to engage in systemically harmful behaviour does not limit the equality rights of those potentially involved in polygamous marriages.

I do believe that polygamy should be legal. I personally do not agree with it, and I would never partake in it, however, I believe that the government should not be allowed to tell people what they can and can’t do when it only affects the individuals partaking in it. I do believe some communities would react negatively to such a practice being in their town, but

There is a large community in Bountiful, British Columbia, infamous for being the home of many Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) which in turn garners interest in the constitutionality of the polygamy offenses. In 2011 the provincial government decided to get the opinion on the matter from the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) on the constitutionality of s. 293, now referred to as the Polygamy Reference (Wray, Reimer, & Cameron, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the inherent harms of polygamy. Specifically, we will look at the harms against women, children, men, and society at large in relation to Polygamy. Polygamy violates s.15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The practice of polygamy is said to be an essential part of Mormonism, promising resurrection after death or becoming closer to God, and although it has been argued to cause harm by many researchers, the prohibition of the practice could potentially go against the Charter’s promise of freedom of religion. Polygamy is prohibited under S. 293 of the Criminal Code, and the Government of British Columbia came to the Court in order to decide if the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the right to practice polygamy for religious purposes. The objective of the prohibition of polygamy is to protect women, children, men and society from the harms associated with it.

The fact that polygamous marriage is becoming more acceptable in America is directly correlated to our values of creating a diverse, and inclusive culture. I would compare it to same sex marriage, which has become increasingly more acceptable. But just because this idea is becoming more acceptable doesn’t mean the there is an actual increase in these types of relationship throughout the country. As stated in the article support of plural matrimony rose to 16 percent, but that stat is based on support not on an increase in the number of polygamous marriages. The fact is that 75 percent of other countries see marriage as something different than the U.S. For them when considering marriage they want to continue their family name, increase wealth,

Cultural relativity according to our textbook is defined as, “The principle that each culture has its own moral integrity and should not be judged by the standards of other cultures” (Heider, 14). Basically meaning that just because one culture prefers to do something differently from another this should not result in discrimination against another culture. This in turn results one major aspect that derives from the relativity concept. According to cultural relativity, this means putting aside the fact that polygamy is banned in all states within the United States due to the monogamist socio-cultural viewpoint in contrast some other cultures allow it. The aspects of monogamy and polygamy contrast greatly not only by definition but also by how

While strangers to the practice believe that people join plural relationships involuntarily, this is not always the case. Julen, a polygamist living in Arizona, speaks about how she made the decision to join her untraditional affinity and could also choose to leave the relationship if she ever becomes unhappy (Ling, 7). Polygamy can benefit our society in many ways including increasing the population and boosting large families’ economic status. Not only does this form of untraditional marriage serve the public, but in personal ways as well. Those who are a part of a blended family are blessed with an abundance of love and support coming from a bonded group of people. Likewise, the act of adultery is terminated: “..all spouses will have consent, then there is no extra-marital to hide from your partner” (Connectusfundadmin, 11). And lastly, polygamy gives freedom of choice in our Land of the Free. While there many are reasons to be on the opposition of this topic, the supporters of polygamy do have untold

I’m not sure if Polyamorous unions should be legal or not but if I had to choose I would say yes. It’s a fairly new thing to me and I was first introduced in a movie called Castillos de Carton and it’s about a threesome relationship between two men and a woman, the relationship worked fine for the three of them and although it doesn’t work out in the end because again it’s a movie and it has to have its drama the depiction of a relationship between three people working was presented quite well. Sure, it’s something that seems scandalous especially to a traditionally bred person like me but just like I was able to embrace the idea of there being genuine love between members of the same sex this I could also get used to. However, I do have an

Of the many Victorian views mocked and discussed in the play, the most popular, and perhaps most controversial, is marriage. The different views are presented by Algernon and Lady Bracknell, who consider love irrational and marriage more of a business deal. The other views are presented by Jack and his ward Cecily, who do believe in marrying for love. Throughout the play, the characters debate back on forth on why to marry and who to marry, and some even change opinion. The ideas presented mock the views of actual people during this time, which gives insight and background to better understand the satire of The Importance of Being Earnest.

2013 was a formative year in the United States. In June of that year, the Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that defined marriage as solely an union between one man and one woman, to be unconstitutional. This decision is seen as a monumental achievement in the LGBTQ community especially in a country that routine deny marriage to same-sex couples. Many argued that such unions between those of the same sex will disrupt society, cause their children to be abnormal or break down the tradition that is marriage. Perhaps though, they should have read the statement made by the American Anthropological Association in 2004, “The results of more than a century of anthropological research on households, kinship relationships,