Actually, polygamy is a multiple marriage of indeterminate gender, polygyny is one man w/ multiple wives, and polyandry is one woman with multiple husbands. There's no real technical term for a group marriage of more than one each of men and women.
Also, as I understand it polyamory isn't illegal. There are states where group sex ("orgy") is a crime, but serial monogamy isn't, and I believe heterosexual polyamory w/o group sex would be viewed by the law as serial monogamy.
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Date: 2006-08-21 03:33 pm (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamy
Also, as I understand it polyamory isn't illegal. There are states where group sex ("orgy") is a crime, but serial monogamy isn't, and I believe heterosexual polyamory w/o group sex would be viewed by the law as serial monogamy.
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Date: 2006-08-21 05:19 pm (UTC)