Persuasive Speech On Polygamy

What is Polygamy? Polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Many of you may not know, but it is illegal here and it should always stay like that. Many people have began now on a movement to legalize it. Since when has it been right to marry more than one person, how would you feel knowing that your partner loves someone? Would you feel confused? Would you feel jealous? Does it feel right? Is polygamy even a serious problem in today 's world? Gay marriage was legalized heavily because of the number of people behind the movement supporting it. Polygamy is not even a problem today, so why do you even continue to talk about it? We are still talking about it because those who are in polygamous …show more content…
Polygamy is considered taboo today just like same-sex marriage was several years ago, constantly being mocked about. Again I ask, is polygamy a serious problem today? All that comes out of polygamy are negatives especially toward the women in the families. You say that polygamous relationships offer kids a better support system. Giving kids more people to talk to when they have a problem. Yet the women are treated terribly oftentimes having a lower status than the man of the house. They all have to submit to their husbands having little or no rights. Women are like prisoners with having to stay their whole lives around their family with most being forced to be marry who they are told to marry and many times to older …show more content…
Nothing. The ways things are right now is the way thing should and have to stay so the country stays as safe as possible and to better the future for the children of this country. The United States has strived over the years without polygamy so why all of a sudden is there a need for polygamy to be legalized? It will never be allowed. We will never allow it. The legalization of polygamy would have no effect on the United States today. Do you even know how many people support the campaign? Barely any, you know why? Because no one honestly cares and only 0.03 percent of the population is polygamous. Only 0.03 percent! That equates to 96,000 people thus proving that polygamy is not even a serious matter in today 's word. The best way to deal with polygamy is by not paying any attention to the matter. By continuously denying the rights of marriage to polygamists, safety will only rise and kids wouldn 't be forced into a lifestyle that they do not agree