GC - My point to TR was not that all polygamy is harmless. We were talking about the legality of polygamy and the legal protections afforded a woman in polygamous relations. Everything you cite is a problem, but none of it is or would be caused or effected by the civil arbitration we're talking about.
1) If these communities are gaming the social welfare system, thats a problem with the design of social welfare system and has nothing to do with the issue of limited civil arbitration. Write your Congressman.
2) If these communities are engaged in some form of child abuse or neglect, thats a criminal issue and has nothing to do with the issue of limited civil arbitration. Call the police.
3) If these people are inbreeding, thats a public health issue (and possibly a criminal one too) and has nothing to do with the issue of limited civil arbitration. Call the police or the Department of Public Health.
4) If these people are just bad (ie not abusive) parents...well thats terrible but its the price you pay for living in a society where child-rearing is not closely regulated by the government. The alternative seems worse to me though. Thank God that you (and most Americans) were blessed to be born into a better family.
5) If groups are setting up communities inside the US as bases to support terrorism, thats a counterterrorism issue. Whether or not they're able to seek civil arbitration for divorces and small claims issues inside their community has no effect on their ability to support terrorism. (Nevermind the fact that they're probably not apt to seek any kind of legal approval for any of their actions.) Call the FBI.
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And chief among those principles was the idea that it was both smart and right that government allow people the personal freedom to make their own way, provided no other party was harmed in the process.