Is it legal for a man to marry n number of times?

[Rao]

Is it legal for a man to marry n number of times, so that he can fullfill his lust, and still he can get away, because no body can stop him as it is against a tradition in doing so?

[guess]

its absolutely illegal... no sensible person on this planet would raise such a question.

[Damsel_in_Distress]

There is a wisdom in allowing a man marrying not n number of time but more than one! The reasons are:1) Dwindling men population due to wars 2)the ratio of women is much higher than men 3) Its better to have women as respectable wives rather than ...... Anyway, take a look around the red light districts of major cities and ask yourself ....if these women were respectfully married, would we have such abuses!

[Prem]

Didnt get your question - Do u mean polygamy or someone marrying more than once? The need to marry more than once can arise out of the death of spouce or divorce. Please specify...interesting discussion though.

[cure_in_bullet]

It depends to which religion he belongs to. It is allowed in some religions. Death of spouse, infertility & many reasons due to which a man can marry another. But while doing this he has to take lot of measures and strictly follow the rules and law of that religion. And for those who can not marry, for their pleasure(LUST) they will try other ways which is Illegal and Immoral.

[Prem]

Sorry Cure, there is no religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the religious scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, The Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, the the Hindu Priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.....Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives. Polygamy is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundred of wives. In the earlier times Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wishes since Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. Earlier there was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and NOT THE HINDU SCRIPTURES. Why Polygamy is necessary? is a lengthy discussion..however a few points a)Average life span of females is more than that of males b)World female population is more than male population c) Marrying a married man is preferable for a woman than becoming a Public Property....

[Farhaan]

Absolutely it a legal for a man to marry more than once the reason behind is quite clear that it will protect a women from many abuses in our society. Recently a group had surveyed in hyderabad marraige offices they said that it is quite annoying to see huge files with thousands of female bio-data\'s awaiting for their turn, many of the biodata\'s dating back to eight years, just realize is it not good for a man to marry more than once to protect them by giving her a respectable social status instead of leaving her to go in a wrong direction. A survey was published in \"U.S.A. Today\" (April 4, 1988 Section D) which asked 4,700 mistresses what they would like their status to be. They said that \"they preferred being a second wife rather than the \'other woman\' because they did not have the legal rights, nor did they have the financial equality of the legally married wives, and it appeared that they were being used by these men.\"

[PA]

I agree with you \'Prem\' and \'Farhaan\' , The problem with today’s society is getting very narrow-minded and can\'t extending one self to find the truth behind it, instead they just follow the media and some jerks.

[Prem]

Further to Farhaan\'s posting, in US, at present, there are 25 million more women than men of marriageable age! (assuming around 5 million gays in US). The choice for these women is either to become a mistress, a public property or stay single..The same statistics apply to Russia, Germany, Great Britain and some other Western Countries. Plus, at any given time, you will find more WIDOWS THAN WIDOWERS!

[lucifer_in_disguise]

Hi rao n others, good discussion indeed, adn great to know different opinions.....Ok picture this, a man marries a woman in a church, fullfils his lust in the car, drives to the court, gets the \"legal divorce\", next day \"marries\" another woman, fullfils his lust, and gets divorce, continues this for years....this is all legal because he was \"married legally\"...and the tradition and religion etc.....says it is perfect and legal, the man has indeed obtained a liecense\"........

Good for all of you and your thinkings, people like me do hope for a marriage, where the concepts of infertility etc, will not allow a partner to remarry......because the man is bonded in love with his partner, and will hence will not share this with any one else........

[khajabi]

LID, stop imagining the \"pictures\" and believing \"pictures\" shown to you. Wake-up and think practicle. The discussion on subject board is in general/normal scenario.

[lucifer_in_disguise]

Khajabi, i think you asked me to think \"Practically\", i do not know the meaning of \"think practicle\".......and what i said is what i saw, many be just a lil exaggeration, but mostly here i give \"practical\" views, and hope ppl stop giving those theoritical fundas..

[khajabi]

LID, your statement contradict. Earlier you said \"OK picture this\" and now you are saying \"...what i said is what i saw\". which one should be believed?! isn\'t it that you are not et\'all serious any of the topic/messages, you just like to foo*around and waste time.

[cure_in_bullet]

I agree with Prem and pay thanx to him for putting such good info on board. I appreciate him. Well guys when any discussion becomes personal then I hope one must EXIT as a gentleman instead of attacks n counter attacks. It leads a healthy n interesting board to a rotton fish market. Be careful.

[Kulcha Hyderabadi]

I agree with Cure....healthy discussions means critiquing an opinion and not indulging in personal attacks...any way, extending our discussion on permissibility of having more than one wife, I guess it can solve the problem of our friend Ranjana (Please see board \"Ramu Kolturu\").

[khajabi]

I fully agree with both of you, cure & kulcha, but at the same time i strongly feel that your postings should have come a bit earlier when you obsorbed that the discussion was being tuned away by imaginations.

[lucifer_in_disguise]

Khajabi, when i said \"what i said is what i saw\" means i what i saw , probably u did not see, hence i will try to explain you what i saw, there is ABS no contradiction and nothing personal, and i think you use something called a power point in your daily life, what you do , you picture out some thing which you saw to explain to others.......
n finally a wise person gives a better picture about the discussion to make the discussion more interesting rather than talking about a GentleMens Behavior:P...

[lucifer_in_disguise]

Khajabi, when i said \"what i said is what i saw\" means i what i saw , probably u did not see, hence i will try to explain you what i saw, there is ABS no contradiction and nothing personal, and i think you use something called a power point in your daily life, in that, you picture out to explain ur point to others.......
n finally a wise person gives a better picture about the discussion to make the discussion more interesting n for effective communication rather than talking about a GentleMens Behavior:P...