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Argument: Abuses happen in polygamy and monogamy; why alienate polygamy
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- "Anti-polygamy statutes assault civil liberties". Daily Herald. June 25th, 2006. Anne Wilde, Salt Lake City. - "While I support the idea of a man having more than one wife, I do not support child brides nor any kind of sexual abuses whether in a polygamous relationship or monogamous."
- Serenity Valley. "The Argument for Legalization of Polygamy". Later-day Saint Liberation Front. February 28th, 2006 - "People often point out that polygamous marriage can lead to abuse. That’s certainly true. Polygamous marriages can lead to spousal abuse, but so can monogamous marriages; should we outlaw monogamous marriages as well?"
- Jonathan Turley. "Polygamy laws expose our own hypocrisy". USAToday. 10/3/2004 - "While the justifications have changed over the years, the most common argument today in favor of a criminal ban is that underage girls have been coerced into polygamist marriages. There are indeed such cases. However, banning polygamy is no more a solution to child abuse than banning marriage would be a solution to spousal abuse. The country has laws to punish pedophiles and there is no religious exception to those laws."