Conservatives have long argued that the legalization of same-sex marriage will likely lead to the eventual legalization of polygamy because the same principles used to argue for same-sex marriage apply equally to polygamy. Liberals tended to say this was nonsense. Now that same-sex marriage is the law of the land, however, they are beginning to talk more openly about the legalization of polygamy.
In the New York Times, William Baude asks this very question: (more…)
Thinking to Believe 