The states interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is a deep and abiding misogyny and denigration of women. So polygamy is objectionable on lots of grounds. – Gene Robinson
You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office even were the world to come to an end, youd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices. – Karel Capek