If you have the opportunity or you are in position to do so, will you consider making polygamy illegal? Some have said no because they believe its culture for two or more women to share a man in a marriage.  However when asked if the same scenario could be reversed for a woman to share two or more men in a marriage, the affirmative No! is always deafening from the same group.

But joke apart, I think that the biggest agent of fast spread of HIV virus in the sub Saharan African region in particular, is polygamous relationship. Where men despite, number of wives at home will still go out and sleep with other people especially love-peddlers and then to return back to sleep with all his wives at home.  The situation is now even made worse, when many of this folks had to leave their towns and villages and migrate to the cities for job opportunities or to engage in other gainful businesses without their wives in with them, only to comes back to visit their families, once or twice in a year.

I was reading an in house British medical journal that the B.M.A usually circulates among doctors in the U.K today and find it astonishing that a country as poor as Ethiopia has one of the least record of HIV infection in the whole of Africa.  And reason for this, according to health experts is the fact that Ethiopian do not embrace polygamy as ardent culture, their government had almost fifteen years ago made it compulsory by law that anyone getting married must first undertake a HIV test for marriage.  And their law also stipulated that having a sexual relationship with anyone without knowing you got the disease because you careless to know our HIV status or deliberate spread of the disease can get you a very long term jail sentence.

I was horrified when I read from Nairaland, that Benue state alone had almost half a million HIV patients and who will say that, that is the actual figure, when Nigeria is not known for their data recording of anything?

And today, a patient of mine, whom I had  pencilled down for a knee cap replacement by next year, when the result of the test to ascertain his fitness as required by the British medical procedure standard in the U.K came back, he  had HIV virus without knowing he had it and the scariest thing is the fact that this guy is in a polygamous relationship with three wives according to him.
He is a Moslem Nigerian, and he told me that, he married here in the U.K too to another Nigerian for the purpose of getting his residential status sorted out four years ago and admitted having been intimate with this lady on many occasions without protection.
Now, there is every chance, all his wives back I Nigeria are all carrying this dreadful virus disease without knowing they are and who will bet that they are faithful to him while he is away in the U.K trying to make a living.
What do you think.

Of course.

Nope

In my opinion, I think that polygamous culture is as outdated as the killing of twin in past by my estimation.

Fhemmmy:

Nope

An what will be your excuse? Will you share your wife with another man if I may ask?

Not if there's a law condoning FΑGGOTRY.

Why would i wanna change the law.
I will not share my woman with no one, i will never marry 2, but it is not for me to stop others from doing what makes them happy.
Besides, the ratio of women to men is too high to say 1:1 and not all men will be chicken like me

no i won't support such law.

H2O2:

Not if there's a law condoning FΑGGOTRY.

what does faggotry have to do with polygamy?

H2O2:

Not if there's a law condoning FΑGGOTRY.

Is there any African nation that condone whatever you called it? I am talking about African continent with little money to manage HIV and high rate of spread.

bawomolo:

no i won't support such law.  

what does faggotry have to do with polygamy?

Is there not a law against polygamy in America, and yet most men have a wife and mistress, so what is the difference?

Eziachi:

Is there any African nation that condone whatever you called it? I am talking about African continent with little money to manage HIV and high rate of spread.

So polygamy is the source of HIV Spread?

Fhemmmy:

Is there not a law against polygamy in America, and yet most men have a wife and mistress, so what is the difference?

bigamy laws in the US do not make sense. individual adults and not the government should be in the business of defining what marriage is.

bawomolo:

no i won't support such law.

what does faggotry have to do with polygamy?

Bawo has missed road again.  I was expecting you to tie up the loose ends yourself.

Faggotry and polygamy share the same legal foundation.  The argument that consenting adults should be allowed to get into a marital orgy if it soothes their chosen lifestyle.  

Fhemmmy:

Why would i wanna change the law.
I will not share my woman with no one, i will never marry 2, but it is not for me to stop others from doing what makes them happy.
Besides, the ratio of women to men is too high to say 1:1 and not all men will be chicken like me

Ok I get your point. But remember that, not everything that makes one happy is good for him/her. E.g Crack cocaine.

bawomolo:

bigamy laws in the US do not make sense. individual adults and not the government should be in the business of defining what marriage is.

Bigamy laws used to make sense.  It was even supported by the DOMA act, I think.  It stopped making sense when butt-assaulters entered into the equation with a new dimension to their arguments.

Eziachi:

Is there any African nation that condone whatever you called it? I am talking about African continent with little money to manage HIV and high rate of spread.

HIV does not spread as a result of perfectly healthy heterosexual marital sex between couples. Where are you getting your facts from?

Is there not a law against polygamy in America, and yet most men have a wife and mistress, so what is the difference?

as well as in france, italy,and most euro countries.

bawomolo:

bigamy laws in the US do not make sense.  individual adults and not the government should be in the business of defining what marriage is.  

If the govt shd not be the one to define marriage, why shd i make a law against polygamy then?

Eziachi:


Ok I get your point. But remember that, not everything that makes one happy is good for him/her. E.g Crack cocaine.

I feel you, however, how is polygamy bad for those that are into it?
What crime are they committing?
If Tiger wood was married to all his mistresses, would he have to take time off to heal his wife's heart?, will be have to crash his SUV at 2am in the morning?
Will Clinton have to lie?
Will the NC governor have to sneak to Europe?

Fhemmmy:

Is there not a law against polygamy in America, and yet most men have a wife and mistress, so what is the difference?

I agree.  It's one of the reasons I feel bad for Tiger Woods.  He's a victim of an archaic law.

H2O2:

Bigamy laws used to make sense.  It was even supported by the DOMA act, I think.  It stopped making sense when butt-assaulters entered into the equation with a new dimension to their arguments.

they only made sense as it stopped the mormon church from forcing under-aged girls into polygamous relationships (something that also happens in Naija today).  

H2O2:

Bawo has missed road again.  I was expecting you to tie up the loose ends yourself.

Faggotry and polygamy share the same legal foundation.  The argument that consenting adults should be allowed to get into a marital sin assembly if it soothes their chosen lifestyle.  

you are confusing me here.  Polygamy is only sin according to Christianity.  Why should a predominantly muslim country such as Nigeria be forced to live under Christian principles?

you guys are hypocrites, you love to bash sharia laws but have no problem screaming sin up and down.  Nigeria is a secular country and adults should be allowed to live their lifestyle as long as it isn't affecting you.

Fhemmmy:

If the govt shd not be the one to define marriage, why shd i make a law against polygamy then?

I see nothing wrong with polygamy as long as it isn't forced or involves underaged parties.

bawomolo:


you are confusing me here.  Polygamy is only sin according to Christianity.  Why should a predominantly muslim country such as Nigeria be forced to live under Christian principles?

you guys are hypocrites, you love to bash sharia laws but have no problem screaming sin up and down.  Nigeria is a secular country and adults should be allowed to lie their lifestyle as long as it isn't affecting you.

I am a christian and i am sure that many will enter into heaven with their 2 wives, while many with one wife and many mistresses will burn in hell.

Topic. .

Abso-fu/cking-lutely

Fhemmmy:

I am a christian and i am sure that many will enter into heaven with their 2 wives, while many with one wife and many mistresses will burn in hell.

Very possible. . . .

H2O2:

I agree.  It's one of the reasons I feel bad for Tiger Woods.  He's a victim of an archaic law.

Tiger wood is a victim of what people thot and not who he is, His wife has always known him and a fun guy and a party dude.

bawomolo:

I see nothing wrong with polygamy as long as it isn't forced or involves underaged parties.

Marriage to underage to me is not polygamy but a huge crime that she be punishable with death, cos they are kids and not old enuf to make decision on marriage

What is SIN ASSEMBLY?  ? ? I NEVER typed SIN ASSEMBLY

I typed O R G Y . Marital O R G Y.  Seun has banned that word.

οrgy οrgy οrgy.


Seun has a judgmental, backwards mentality.

MrCrackles:

Very possible. . . .

I think sometimes, we are too holy that we even forget to live.
What is the point of making a law and we now walk around the law to find a comfort zone?

Saturday 23 August 2008 / by Will Ghartey-Mould

A foremost Islamic organisation in Nigeria has passed a death sentence (fatwa) on a Muslim, Muhammadu Bello Masaba, for marrying over 80 wives contrary to the Islamic religion, the private Guardian newspaper reported Friday.

even when it get to the xtreme the muslim faith that condone polygamy want to put a stop to it. mark the word CONTRARY.

ratio say we get 2.5 - 3 women to one man, so if dem enforce one man one wife rule, wetting go happen to all de women wey no go fit marry? na how dem go get their own children?  una sabi say, bastard no be good label for african society na.

ndu_chucks:

ratio say we get 2.5 - 3 women to one man, so if dem enforce one man one wife rule, wetting go happen to all de women wey no go fit marry? na how dem go get their own children?  una sabi say, naughty person no be good label for african society na.

i am sure wont even happen in Nigeria

Fhemmmy:

So polygamy is the source of HIV Spread?

Of course not.
It is one of the biggest agent of its spread in African sub Sahara. I want people to stop bringing the develop world or gays into this issue. I am only mindful of African continent, gay is never one of the big issues for AFRICANS yets like it is with the liberal developed world and they had the resources even if that is the case.

Benue state infected number alone outwits almost the whole of Western Europe put together and I am seriously alarmed.  I am looking for possible ways to help reduce the fast rate of infection in our poor continent and seriously believe that polygamy is one of the source of high infection rate. In my daily work experience, what I am seeing with regards to our young people that came over here for better life is alarming with regards to the rate of HIV carriers, who had no idea they had it even.

And I am positively sure that they wouldn't have found out if not coming in for some other health reasons only to find out by chance and would have been ignorant until it becomes a full blown AIDS

H2O2:

What is SIN ASSEMBLY?  ? ? I NEVER typed SIN ASSEMBLY

I typed O R G Y . Marital O R G Y.  Seun has banned that word.

οrgy οrgy οrgy.


Seun has a judgmental, backwards mentality.

you know Seun is just experimenting with his made in china censorship software. ridiculous.

ode remo:

even when it get to the xtreme the muslim faith that condone polygamy want to put a stop to it. mark the word CONTRARY.

any man that marries 80 women is just been greedy.