Equal Protections: The Case for Legalizing Polygamy
written by Lucio Maffei
“The broader issue here is that our laws too often serve to police identity and relationships rather than to protect people. Even putting aside the material harms of anti-polygamous legal discrimination, the very lack of recognition of partnerships which wish to be formalized can be deeply hurtful and serves as a message that those relationships, and those people, are not worthy of our government’s respect or acknowledgment.”
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15-11-2025
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17-02-2023
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13-05-2022
Thank you to Lorenzo Buti for your wonderful contribution on “Where Philosophy begins”. This is our 3rd contributor article and we are very excited to take on more submissions.
We would also like to announce that we have received funding and will be publishing for another year!