Yes, thanks, Becky, as far as I'm concerned statutory rape laws would still be on the books. Some of the "women" entering into these relationships in the fundamentalist Mormon enclaves are far too young to be marrying ANYONE, let alone a guy with three other wives. No argument there.

Those girls might have a better go of it--MIGHT, I say--if polyamorous marriages were decriminalized. There'd be no reason to hide out in the wilds. More families might come in from the desert. The girls themselves would see women and girls making other choices for themselves.

And the argument that poly needs to stay criminalized because of underage "marriages"--well, that happens in the "mono" community too, it just stays out of sight and doesn't call itself "marriage":

Males involved in teen childbearing are frequently not teenagers themselves. Adult men fathered over 50% of babies born to girls 15-17 years old.

This is why we have statutory rape laws on the books, and I heartily advocate enforcing them.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor