Sentence examples for accept polygamy from inspiring English sources

Despite these biological truisms, cultural anthropologists know that most societies not only accept polygamy, but idealise it, while evolutionary geneticists report super-male lineages such as that of Genghis Khan which are incredibly fertile.

The Maasai accept polygamy as a way of life and these women grew up with fathers who had married several wives.

In 2001, the Grand Mufti (the highest religious authority) issued a fatwa, or opinion, calling upon Saudi women to accept polygamy as part of the Islamic package and declaring that polygamy was necessary "to fight against...the growing epidemic of spinsterhood".

I'm not denying that these elements exist but more emphasis should have been made on the possible cultural background to these views; many rural communities in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh do have a culture of accepting polygamy and not accepting non-heterosexual relationships.

He notes that French law has been adapted to accommodate homosexual unions, but is not at all accepting of polygamy, which is sometimes practiced by Muslims.

This state was derived from polygamy".

Take polygamy.

We have polygamy here, not polyandry".

Mormons were told in no uncertain terms in the nineteenth century that we would not accept their practice of polygamy.

The Egyptian government now obliges its citizens to accept a return to male polygamy and the status of women as chattel because the Koran says it is God's will.

The Community of Christ does not accept the appellation Mormon because of the association with polygamy.