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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]] involving three or more people.

 

The term encompasses '''polygyny''' (the practice of one husband having multiple wives); '''polyandry''' (the practice of one woman having multiple husbands); and '''group marriage''' (the practice of two or more men and two or more women sharing husbands and wives, also known by the slang term '''swinging''').  It can also involve three or more people of the same sex in such an arrangement.

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:

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: