Sister Wives

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

And their argument would be that plural marriage should be legal. As a pro-polyamory person, I'm not sure I disagree.

Keep in mind though, polygamy != polyamory.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by Lil' Hannah

Keep in mind though, polygamy != polyamory.

Exactly

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I do think it's interesting because in most polygamy-related shows, the women don't say much outside of "this is God's will" and "I love my sister-wives, they're my best friends." I think the women on this show are a little different than that.

Ex: First Wife openly admits to being jealous of the others and missing the time when she was the only wife.

Aye this is a different look. And even as the first wife says she's jealous she admits to being the one who "recruits" the other wives.

Originally Posted by victoriana

If she's so jealous, why did she even allow her husband to marry other women anyways? They're all best friends now but like others have said... I think the claws will come out. Reality shows tend to do that to people :P

Because it was worth it to her?
I suspect/fear most of the drama will be from the edited previews and not the show itself.

Originally Posted by Lafayette79

Sometimes, it's best to keep a low profile.

'Sister Wives' stars may face bigamy charge: http://theclicker.todayshow.com/_new...-bigamy-charge

Originally, I thought that this thread was a spin off of the Penn State ASA's comment on "Your Mother's Rush" which is a wonderful thread.

Probably won't happen, even if they get charged I don't think they'll follow through. It opens a big can of worms that they're not ready to face. Interestingly Canada has declined to prosecute for bigamy due to freedom of religion.

Whether or not there's benefits fraud going on may be a different issue.

Originally Posted by Lil' Hannah

Keep in mind though, polygamy != polyamory.

No shit. Poly's my thesis topic And technically this is polygyny even if polygamy in this country is used to refer to religious Mormon and Muslim polygamy more than anything else. You couldn't craft a law that would allow multiple marriages for one without the other, which is my point.

Most people's objections to polygamy, FLDS in particular, are that they are patriarchal, forced marriages, with minors. The last two are illegal, and immoral, and should be prosecuted. You can't really DO anything about the patriarchy, not effectively from the outside anyway. And in the end, if these adult women are happy... well why not?

Is allowing multiple legal marriages likely? No. But ceasing to prosecute for multiple non-legal marriages is possible.