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Polyamorous relationships don't involve the marriage of the people involved, and aren't captured by either section 290 or 293 of the ''Criminal Code''. While pairs of adults in a polyamorous relationship may be married to each other, no one person is married to more than one other person at a time. | Polyamorous relationships don't involve the marriage of the people involved, and aren't captured by either section 290 or 293 of the ''Criminal Code''. While pairs of adults in a polyamorous relationship may be married to each other, no one person is married to more than one other person at a time. | ||
The other distinguishing characteristic of polyamorous relationships is that while polygamous marriages tend to be motivated by religious beliefs and revolve around men — ''Sister Wives'' is a very good example of these attitudes, and in fact polygamy was originally criminalized as a response to the spread of the fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to which Kody Brown and his family are adherents — while polyamorous relationships are motivated by a belief in freedom of choice, equality and honesty. | |||
If common traits can be drawn from relationships and relationship preferences that are as diverse as those enjoyed by polyamorous individuals, they are beliefs in: the equality of relationship members, with respect to both gender and parental status; the importance of honesty and candour between members; and the unfettered right of members to leave a relationship if and when they choose | |||
==Resources and links== | ==Resources and links== | ||
