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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Canadian law prohibits the practice of polygamy, even though many of the women in the cultures where it's practised will say they don't object to it. So this sort of imposition of cultural norms isn't without precedent.
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I think you can legitimately prove harm from polygamy. You can't with burqas. So I think it might be unprecedented in that sense. I can't think of another cultural norm we uphold by law that causes no harm. Gay marriage being the latest to fall.