[Flo Nightengale]

Stossel is a lightweight. For a more well-reasoned, in-depth look at the arguments against legalizing polygamy, see Polygamy vs. Democracy, by Stanley Kurtz.

From his column:

Marriage, as its ultramodern critics would like to say, is indeed about choosing one's partner, and about freedom in a society that values freedom. But that's not the only thing it is about. As the Supreme Court justices who unanimously decided Reynolds in 1878 understood, marriage is also about sustaining the conditions in which freedom can thrive. Polygamy in all its forms is a recipe for social structures that inhibit and ultimately undermine social freedom and democracy. A hard-won lesson of Western history is that genuine democratic self-rule begins at the hearth of the monogamous family.

[Tax-chick]

Thanks. I’ll look at that article in a bit - have to run before it gets to hot :-).

[UCANSEE2]

Polygamy, as conducted by the FLDS, is simply a pyramid scheme.

Same rules, and pretty much the same results.