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Those Who Support Polygamy And Those Who Do Not
As addressed before polygamy is claimed to be a religious right however its a right that is never been granted, not even in the early years where polygamy was more commonly practiced. I believe that the government has always had an enormous impact on this issues since it makes the biggest decisions and that is if polygamy can or can not be practised. Many polygamous family's and individuals who support them claim that the government is discriminating against their religious rights. However the Charter does not prohibit all discrimination, it only prohibits those forms of discrimination that can not be justified as reasonable. These argument is a set back for polygamous individuals that use this point in court, since they are being judged because they broke the law and are not there to argue against changing the law. In the other hand, polygamy certainly has not be justified as reasonable because of different reasons that occurred in the past like: sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, insest, lack of education, enforcement of this belief, and violating basic rights for both women and children. In all regards if these are results of polygamy then it should stay illegal however governments and communities should not be narrow minded and base there arguments in experiences that have happened decades ago. In my view many religions have individuals who practice there beliefs to different extents and ways that violate basic human rights. I would conclude the same about polygamy there are individuals which there interpretation on how they practice polygamy is harmful however there are many other family's that claim and show the practice of polygamy is not harmful and forced. Therefore we should look to find different solutions that do not completely banned polygamy.Polygamy is legal in certain Muslim and African countries so individuals coming from these countries living in North America are faced with the challenge of partially practician their religion. This situation is very challenging for North America because they practice polygamy secretly. Many women in this countries do not support polygamy however I believe that there strong religious beliefs prevents them from standing up against polygamy. As result it is hard to help them if they do not admit to it. Based on statistics the majority of North Americans do not believe in polygamy and therefore it creates this limited spectrum of those who believe in polygamy and those who do not which makes polygamy a controversial issue."Moroccan Men and Women Protest Plans to
Reduce Religious Strictures on Women, 2000."Gale World History in Context. Detroit: Gale,
2010. Gale World History In Context. Web. 8 June 2012.
Hey Dorina ,
ReplyDeleteI though this was a very well executed post. I like how you examined the issue from different angles. Do you believe that polygamy is a religous right ?
Hi Dorina,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post as it showed the different views of polygamy, showing those in favor and those against it. I was wondering, if polygamy is illegal how is the Brown family from TLC's 'Sister Wives' and many other families not being charged? If they cannot use the argument that they have the right to practice it then how are they getting away with it?
Thanks for the post!
Hi Anne,
ReplyDeleteBased on the research I have done, in all the articles and comments from polygamous individuals I think that polygamy is very unstable and it dose not have a common definition. I have tried to look at all different perspectives however at the end I was still left with more cons then pros to what would make polygamy a religion.
Thank you for the comment!
Hi Esther,
ReplyDeleteCertainly I have not done much research about the television show "Sister Wives", but I am aware that there has been an investigation against them and the Brown family have taken the Utah state in court for violation of their constitutional rights. As a conclusion the state have dropped their investigation and came to conclusion that as long as polygamous adults do not commit other crimes they will not be charged. This is what has been reported however if you have seen "Sister Wives" the Brown family has had to relocate and separate households which makes me question did the Browns clam that polygamy is a religious right help them achieve anything in the long term.
Over all because many families are claiming that practising polygamy is their religious right, courts are not charging them and if they are its occurring very slowly due to courts trying to revisit laws and reconclude if polygamy should be a religious right.
Thank you for the comment!