Title: Introduction to polygamous marriage
Headings: Introduction to plural marriage:
polygamy, polygyny & polyandry

Introduction to plural marriage:
polygamy, polygyny & polyandry
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Content: Marriage has been an amazingly flexible institution. It is, and has been, in a continuous state of flux. During various eras and within various societies, marriage has generally permitted opposite-sex adult couples of the same religion, culture, and race to marry. But it has often prohibited couples from marrying who are: Of a certain race,
Of different races,
Of the same-sex,
Too closely related genetically, and
If one or more individuals are of insufficient age. The definition of marriage in the United States has been changed three times: African-Americans were not permitted to marry in some states until the end of the Civil War. Inter-racial couples were not permitted to marry in some states until a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1967 overturned all 16 of the country's remaining miscegenation laws. Same-sex couples were not permitted to marry anywhere in the U.S. until the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts ordered the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples starting on 2004-MAY-17. They are still not allowed to marry in most U.S. states.