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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/1/2013 10:34 PM, Sunil Ramalingam
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The only reason it's being discussed is because he said it. I
don't think any polygamists are using gay marriage to advance
their own cause.<br>
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Anyone here know anyone connected to polygamy?</div>
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No. However, the polygamist group in British Columbia has been
known to do business in northern Idaho, so they're not all that far
away.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">As a kid in Malaysia I went to school with three
kids whose dad I believe had four wives. There were at least
two. <br>
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I don't think polygamy usually has anything to do with three (or
I suppose more) people being in love. It usually has to do with
a husband wanting to have more than one wife.<br>
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Probably true, and probably less than optimally attractive for all
of the participants in such arrangements, especially if the children
are considered.<br>
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Canadian courts have been unenthusiastic about polygamy in Canada.
Here is a New York Times article that followed a Canadian court
decision a year ago November:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/world/americas/british-columbia-court-upholds-canadas-polygamy-ban.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/world/americas/british-columbia-court-upholds-canadas-polygamy-ban.html?_r=0</a>
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Ken<br>
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