Abstract
"Public should not exercise authority over any marriage", says Nathan Warner in a recent article. Is it that simple? Should marriage really be a private matter, on which the State has no control? A few years ago, the Economist published an article dealing with polygamy practiced by Mormon fundamentalists. Often compared to the struggle for gay marriage, as it fights for the legalization of a different kind of union, the Mormon culture seems to be hard to accept in the US. How can one explain this delicate debate? To answer this problem, it seems relevant to present the moral issue being debated in the article, and then to articulate both Universalist and Multi-culturalist points of view regarding the practice being discussed, and eventually to explain which position seems to have gained the upper hand in practice.
