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'''Polygamy''' is one form of a [[polyamorous]] relationship that usually denotes a [[marriage]] between multiple partners . It encompasses '''polygyny''', the practice of having multiple wives; '''polyandry''', the practice of having multiple husbands; and '''group marriage''', the practice of having multiple husbands and wives.  Any marriage of three or more people is polygamous.

'''Polygamy''' is one form of a [[polyamorous]] relationship that usually denotes a [[marriage]] between multiple partners . It encompasses '''polygyny''', the practice of having multiple wives; '''polyandry''', the practice of having multiple husbands; and '''group marriage''', the practice of having multiple husbands and wives.  Any marriage of three or more people is polygamous.

In modern times, opponents of [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] worry that if legalized it would be a step down the slippery slope to polygamy. Stanley Kurtz wrote:

In modern times, opponents of [[same-sex marriage|same-sex "marriage"]] worry that if legalized it would be a step down the slippery slope to polygamy. Recent events to support this claim includes the [[Netherlands]] in 2005 four years after introducing same-sex 'marriage' gave three-people relationships legal recognition through a "[[cohabitation]] agreement". Stanley Kurtz wrote:

:Among the likeliest effects of gay marriage is to take us down a slippery slope to legalized polygamy and "polyamory" (group marriage). Marriage will be [[marriage privatization|transformed into a variety of relationship contracts]], linking two, three, or more individuals (however weakly and temporarily) in every conceivable combination of male and female.<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp Beyond Gay Marriage], [[Stanley Kurtz]] </ref>

:Among the likeliest effects of gay marriage is to take us down a slippery slope to legalized polygamy and "polyamory" (group marriage). Marriage will be [[marriage privatization|transformed into a variety of relationship contracts]], linking two, three, or more individuals (however weakly and temporarily) in every conceivable combination of male and female.<ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/938xpsxy.asp Beyond Gay Marriage], [[Stanley Kurtz]] </ref>