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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Except that in the US the people have a say in their government, so you can consider the "no polygamy" law a representation of the people.
In Iran, the government is staffed with religious stooges, umbrella'd under the Ayatollah. The people did not introduce, lobby for, or promote this law.
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Even a religious dictatorship can't get away with 850,000 child brides in its midsts, backed by law, without some general acceptance by the population.
Cowperson