Personally, I have no problem with the idea of polygamy when it's, say, three people from different backgrounds who found themselves in that kind of relationshi

Personally, I have no problem with the idea of polygamy when it's, say, three people from different backgrounds who found themselves in that kind of relationship after meeting in college, or whatever. It gets tricky when you consider the closed, fundamentalist Mormon sects and similar cult like systems, where polygamy sometimes is wrapped up with sexual abuse of children, etc. Perhaps, if polygamy were legal, the isolated cultish groups could come out from underground, allowing them to more easily obtain wives from outside the group, which might reduce problems with the kids. But it might be too ingrained at this point. I'm not sure how best to allow the first case, while not encouraging the persistence of the latter case.