Lindsey Graham: If Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right, Why Not Polygamy?

Sen. Lindsey Graham  (R - S.C.)
Presidential hopeful

Why not, indeed?  I watched Big Love.  Isn't there a right of free association? - gwc
Lindsey Graham: If Gay Marriage Is A Constitutional Right, Why Not Polygamy?
by Sahil Kapur

"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asked Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch to explain Wednesday at her confirmation hearing why polygamy wouldn't also become a constitutional right if if the Supreme Court decided that same-sex marriage was protected by the Constitution.

 "If the Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional — that it violates the Constitution to try to limit marriage between a man and a woman, that's clearly the law of the land unless there's a constitutional amendment to change it — what legal rationale would be in play that would prohibit polygamy?" Graham asked. "What's the legal difference between a state ban on same-sex marriage being unconstitutional but a ban on polygamy being constitutional?"

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