An Australian court disallowed gay marriages, which had already taken place in the Australian Capital Territory.
In marriages which broke down because of affairs, the straying spouse was usually the husband (78%).
Still, they didn't want to break up their marriages, which they said were not unhappy.
He has four children from his two previous marriages, which ended in divorce.
Mr. Yatt performs marriages, which are recognized only by the Commune.
Husbands can also take second wives or arrange "temporary marriages," which are religiously acceptable.
Customary marriages, which are allowed under Liberian law, make a wife the property of her husband.
She quotes a study of people in unhappy marriages which followed up the couples five years later.
He is survived by Lori and five children from his first two marriages, which both ended in divorce.
Such marriages, which have a high failure rate, may drift along for years before finally ending, "with a whimper rather than a bang".
Polygyny is most common among the Huichol (constituting about 5 percent of the marriages), which suggests that it was more common in northern Mexico in aboriginal times.
