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Re: Polygamy-costs
Paul has brought up an important point with respect to the economic
consequences of any expansion of the inclusiveness of marriage. With respect to
polygamy, however, forms of this already have economic consequences in the
United States. I do not refer to the few Christian sects that have practiced it more or less
openly in Utah and Arizona, protected often by societal acceptance, political
inattention, and avoidance of contact with state law on marriage. I do refer,
however, to serial polygamy and multiple partnerships, both of which are
socially sanctioned to a greater or lesser degree in the United States. Serial
polygamy�marriage, divorce, marriage, divorce, and on and on�often has a public
cost as well as a private one. Much
more significant in terms of public cost is the issue of multiple partnerships,
reflected in major part in the situation of one-fourth of children who currently
are born outside of marriage.
So, in the highly unlikely event that polygamy could some day achieve
legality, the major change in costs would occur in the area of the
responsibility of private employers. The cost to government is there
already.
Roy Nasstrom
Subject: RE: [Winona] Is it time for the
discussion? Polygamy
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