# RW media outlet makes the ludicrous leap in logic that Democrats are voting to legalize polygamy **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 22, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rw-media-outlet-makes-the-ludicrous-leap-in-logic-that-democrats-are-voting-to-legalize-polygamy/968393 "2022-07-22T19:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rw-media-outlet-makes-the-ludicrous-leap-in-logic-that-democrats-are-voting-to-legalize-polygamy/968393/9 "2022-07-22T20:44:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I believe we have had conversations in this forum about how legalizing polygamy is much more complex an issue than gay marriage, but I can’t seem to find them. help? > [@Polygamy advocacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polygamy-advocacy/934011): > > I just heard something on the radio about a woman who was a polygamy advocate. And I wondered. How would legal polygamy benefit the women in those relationships? Is the most recent thread I believe. Lots of concerns that it can be used to force women into subservient positions, especially in societies that strongly restrict female education and exposure to non-societal information, such as various Mormon subsects. A secondary issue is economic, in that for certain individuals who already believe marriage is primarily (or entirely) economic in nature, you’d end up with those with assets and standing having a disproportionate number of the women, which leaves a large number of angry, young males with fewer options, which doesn’t lead to safe or positive images towards women _either_. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rw-media-outlet-makes-the-ludicrous-leap-in-logic-that-democrats-are-voting-to-legalize-polygamy/968393)._