There’s been a lot of talk about polygamy these past few months, but no-one’s offered a systematic case against recognizing polygamy. I do that in my new piece, “Polygamy Versus Democracy.” While this article has plenty to say about marriage, and while it does address the “slippery slope” argument, there’s also a lot that’s relevant to the war on terror, and even to our disputes over immigration. One point implicit in the piece is worth a mention. The polygamy issue shoots down facile comparisons between Christianity and Islam. The contrasting stances toward polygamy of Islam and Christianity have everything to do with why democracy appeared in the West, but not the Middle East. And if you want to see how traditional American Christians respond to a real theocracy (instead of the imaginary theocracy their critics claim they’re pushing), take a look at this piece.