Multiple religions allow it. Do you have any opinions on whether you think it is right or wrong?

Hey if all are consenting adults...go for it. Not for me though...I will pass

I always thought polygamy and monogamy were the same thing, having one wife too many

Wrong for me.

I don't think it is something to be judged right or wrong. The rules of the present society was shaped up on certain aspects of practicality. But if we see in the nature very few species are monogamy pairs.
Even our closest ancestral great apes have this. Now having said what is natural, lets look at the logic why society imposed monogamy rules on people. Mankind is one of those few species on earth that spends long juvenile life. The cost of parenting is high, so as to limit the chaos from littering around. And producing untenable number of offspring human civilisations imposed such rules like monogamy.

Now that having reached the stage where birth controls at their height I wonder does the same principles apply? However, we have developed strong possessiveness in relationships, it is going to be very hard to break out of it. I mean, most of the cultures have helped us build our own shell over the ages, though there are still a lot of chicks walking around free ;)

POLGANDRY - women married to more than one husband.

Because ,what's good for the goose is good for the gander.... Am I right?

Polygymists had to be able to financially support their wives, their different households and their children to each wife.
So it seems it is only for the wealthier men to pursue. Is this true?

Yup, women can do it too.

Historicaly in the USA , these CULTS (by definition) it is the OLD men, the powerful Elders that have many wives & run the younger men out.
So THEY can have access to & marry YOUNG virgins, 13 years old & up.
These are arranged marriages or the GIRLS father is TOLD.. ' God wants me to marry your daughter' .

Is polygamy legal in the USA?

Double Minded

i think it depends on the state...
like weed.. lol...

I would want no part in a polygamous relationship!

I was being facetious. Of course I'm against polygamy. And it will never be accepted by TRUE Jews & Christians.
If polygamy were legal than polgandry would definitely follow. And no red blooded American male would want to be referred to as husband #2, #3,#4.

NO, it is illegal in ANY state. But unfortunately tolerated in UTAH, by an off shoot of the Norman religion.
The Mormans themselves DENY them.

Unfortunately it is also tolerated in a few Muslim communites here also.
Who also have 'underage marriage' with even younger children, as young as 9 yrs old.

*this is not voluntary of course, just like the off shoot cults - I mentioned... that 'okay it' at 13 years old*

If we didn't have such a kiss a*s / PC government, like we do now... Then the federal agents would be showing up with buses and arresting all the men, like my country has done in the past.
I think the outcry & empathy for the women & children being separated & cared for by the state.. was so great.. that this is the ONLY reason that this has NOT happened.
* Another round up *

Myself, I'm all for a round up of all the guilty adults.
Not only because, of Judo- Christianism, but it IS illegal, but FOR all the children sake. Who did NOT choose this life & the immoral, illegal CRIMES committed against them & the many violations of the children's RIGHTS.

Polygamy is legal in about 25% of countries in the form of polygyny- the practice of one husband having two or more concurrent wives.

There must be a very strong cultural /religious undertone that this is legal.

because this may not be the preferred choice of mass.

In today's times even one wife can not stay for long.

More than one ....together

They will fight
They will demand more

The poor husband will be overloaded and die.

And all of them will turn widows.

Polygamy is legal in about 25%.. Of the world ? I will check. (It is NOT LEGAL in the USA). But Polgandry is very rare as far as documentation & kept hidden, in the USA and other countries. But there have been other cultures in anthropological history that polganandy was legal, accepted & ' the norm ' of a society.

I see your point. However to 75% of the planet ONLY the FIRST wife is LEGAL and ONLY HER children are born in wedlock & legitimate.