Equal Protections: The Case for Legalizing Polygamy

written by Lucio Maffei

“The broader issue here is that our laws too often serve to police identity and relationships rather than to protect people. Even putting aside the material harms of anti-polygamous legal discrimination, the very lack of recognition of partnerships which wish to be formalized can be deeply hurtful and serves as a message that those relationships, and those people, are not worthy of our government’s respect or acknowledgment.”


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