That’s the title of Newsweek’s latest article on “the new wave of polygamy activists emerging in the wake of the gay marriage movement.” “If Heather can have two mommies, she should also be able to have two mommies and a daddy,” we’re told. The article says nothing about polyamory, a bigger concern than polygamy, and inevitably linked to polygamy in any legal battle. The one thing that surprised me was the article’s claim that the number of evangelical Christian and Muslim polygamists may now exceed the number of polygamists who see themselves as Mormon (despite the repudiation of polygamy by the Mormon church). Are there really a substantial number of Muslim polygamists in the United States right now? There are many in France. And there have been calls for polygamy recognition by Canadian Muslims. But here? I have my doubts about that, but if it’s true I’d like to see the evidence.
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Stanley Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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