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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Polygamy shouldn't be illegal for much longer once the Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage.  It's hard to make a legal distinction for outlawing one marriage arrangement between consenting adults (which actually has some historical basis in US history) while legitimizing an arrangement that few even contemplated 15 years ago.[/quote]

Exactly right.[/quote]

I disagree.  The law is not written to decide the legal and tax implications of partnerships beyond 2 individuals.

I don't care about the morality of it, nor should the law.  What I care about is the possibility of an association built for the purpose of avoiding taxation or hiding ownership of assets.[/quote]

As with anything else, the law can be modified. You don't lose out om tax revenue. If the women in polygamous marriages married monogamous men, you would also lose tax revenue. [/quote]

No, it's not so simple.  For example, I could create a commune in which assets are held in perpetuity by constantly adding members to the marriage over the years.  If the final spouse never dies, there is no transfer.  Eventually the children could marry into the relationship, perhaps after the parents are deceased. You can also add spouses for the purposes of reducing your income tax bracket.  Not useful today, because you can only do it once and you might like to be married to someone who makes money.  But with a piece of paper, you can now add two or three more people of middle class income to bring down the average.   It would not be much harder than going into a lake house with some friends. Another fun one would be immigration and naturalization.  I could go on and on.

When you look at marriage as a religious or social institution, it is a deep and personal relationship like no other.  But if you look at the legal marriage contract, it is a series of special rights, privileges, tax benefits, and loopholes.  With legal polygamy, you can still have that personal relationship with one person.  But you can, on paper, marry lots of people and end up with a really incredible package of legal benefits.[/quote]

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