A new study commissioned by the federal government recommends that Canada legalize polygamy and change legislation to help women and children living in plural relationships.

The paper by three law professors at Queen's University argues that a challenge to Section 293 of the Criminal Code banning polygamy might be successful, said Beverley Baines, one of the authors of the report.

Using the recent legalization of same-sex marriage as their basis, the report's authors believe polygamy supporters could argue that, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, they have a right to have multiple spouses.

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I'm posting this article because, as some have suggested, I'm merely using various arguments as either a "red herring" or as intellectual exercises.

Later in the article there is discussion that while the government may not recognize polygamy, it could become decriminalized.

Again, I'm not using this as a basis for prohibiting same sex marriage in this country but I don't suggest the unreasonable or the impossible. It would appear raising the polygamy question in this country and how one might confront it is a lot more than the "semblence" of a coherent argument.

Paul Martin's (now ousted) government felt compelled enough to commission a study on the legal ramifications of polygamy.

To expand upon an earlier statement, maybe in thirty-years we'll wonder why the government prohibited consenting adults from engaging in any relationship.

Then again, I'm just protecting the radicals.