Here's comes polygamy ... and why not?
Here's comes polygamy ... and why not?
by Chuck Colson
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/heres-comes-polygamy-and-why-not/
April 26, 2011
In March, the popular HBO series "Big Love" ended its five-year run. The show about a polygamist household in Utah is as close as the vast majority of Americans will ever get to polygamy.
Or maybe not.
Shockingly, polygamy is on the rise in the West, especially in Muslim enclaves. And there are 30-50 thousand polygamists in the U.S., the vast majority living in Mormon splinter groups.
And despite the rosy picture of polygamy painted by "Big Love," Rose McDermott, who teaches at Brown University, will tell you that in the real world, polygamy is abusive and exploitative: Women in polygamous communities suffer "higher rates of HIV infection," increased incidences of domestic violence, and even a higher likelihood of dying in childbirth.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Chuck Colson
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/heres-comes-polygamy-and-why-not/
April 26, 2011
In March, the popular HBO series "Big Love" ended its five-year run. The show about a polygamist household in Utah is as close as the vast majority of Americans will ever get to polygamy.
Or maybe not.
Shockingly, polygamy is on the rise in the West, especially in Muslim enclaves. And there are 30-50 thousand polygamists in the U.S., the vast majority living in Mormon splinter groups.
And despite the rosy picture of polygamy painted by "Big Love," Rose McDermott, who teaches at Brown University, will tell you that in the real world, polygamy is abusive and exploitative: Women in polygamous communities suffer "higher rates of HIV infection," increased incidences of domestic violence, and even a higher likelihood of dying in childbirth.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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