Quote Originally Posted by Milanya View Post
Usually, lawfully elected lawmakers get to decide. Some Muslim countries allow polygamy and this does not create problems with other countries that do not allow it. But Chechnya is a part of Russia. Russia fought long and hard not to let it break away and create a separate independent state.
Doesn't Russia have a law prohibiting bigamy? If it does than this marriage is unlawful and the man should be incarcerated. If Russia does not have this law then there is no problem.
Russia does have a law prohibiting polygamy it also does have a law prohibiting gay marriages.
Some countries allow gay marriages but do not allow polygamy.
Somehow Russia gets all the boos for not allowing gay marriages but at the same time openly gay countries do not have any blame for not allowing polygamy. Looks like a hypocrisy, considering that gays and polygamists are both sexual minorities.