The Debate Over Family Structure

The question of the importance of family structure, specifically marriage, is back in the limelight. Conservatives are promoting three papers that provide some strong evidence that children raised by married…

Polygamy is NOT the New Monogamy

[The following is a guest post by Lauren K. Hall, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rochester Institute of Technology.] Christopher Freiman thinks it might be time to legalize polygamy…

More on Polygamy

Chris Freiman asks: why not polygamy? For related discusison, see also my 2012 review of Elizabeth Brake’s book on the subject, which advocates extending marital law not only to but…

Indeed, Why Not Polygamy?

Is it time to grant polygamous marriages the same legal recognition as monogamous marriages? I think it is and here’s why: all of the standard objections to polygamous marriage can…