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Group Marriage

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Group Marriage 

an ancient form of marriage in which all the men of one tribe, family, or defined intra-family group had marriage bonds with all the women of another similar group. Group marriage arose from primitive sexual promiscuity, and in the course of its development it was replaced by the marriage of couples. The existence of group marriage in antiquity was established as a result of the ethnologic study of Australians and a number of other backward peoples.
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Mansour Church in Naccache /North Metn 20:00 Group marriage ceremony for injured and sons of martyrs, at Saha restaurant, Airport Way/Beirut NNA 2008 LEBANON Provided by Syndigate.
Saturday/September 26, 2009 by National News Agency Lebanon (NNA)
Group marriages are becoming very popular, especially among the economically backward sections, as these reduce the worries of financial implications among the parents or guardians of the brides.
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But does their enthusiasm for group marriages, polyamory, polygamy, and yet undeveloped forms of relationship really reflect the views of those ordinary gay and lesbian couples flocking to the altar, who mostly seem interested in something pretty conventional?
Goods in conflict by Sargent, Mark A. / Commonweal
 
 
 
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