Polygamous marriage - do wives marry each other or only the husband?

For Bible class at school, we have to plan a fake wedding. There are more girls than guys in my grade, so we have a few polygamous couples. I am in one of those, but now have to prepare the wedding vows. Do the girls marry only the guy, or do they also marry each other?Polygamous marriage - do wives marry each other or only the husband?
I watched a show on HBO ';Big Love'; that was about a polygamous family.





The wedding ceremony was only between the girl and the guy, on separate occasions... as in, the man doesn't marry three wives at the same time. Also, the girls do not marry each other, but are considered married ';in spirit';. Like, ';married into the family'; kind of thing. Like in-laws almost.Polygamous marriage - do wives marry each other or only the husband?
If it's fake, then does it matter? You can put a tie on some of the girls and they can be boys.


Otherwise, have them all marry eachother in turn, and you can practice different vows from different eras. It would be setting the wrong example if the girls all ';married'; the guy, because that's just a steriotype that the man is always in charge somehow.





I know some polyamorous people, and though their committment ceremonys aren't legally binding, they have all three (and four in one case) committed to eachother. The foursome consists of two guys and two girls, all in one house. The threesome group is two guys and a girl.


They all love eachother, and share their lives together.
Ohmigod, nobody who answered your question is right! It is illegal in this country to have a polygamous marriage, therefore the guy only married ONE girl and the others just live with him and the first one and are considered married in spirit (and of course, physically).


That is pretty stupid. You're planning a fake wedding for bible class and are staging a polygamous wedding? And yet the GAYS are ruining the institution of marriage? Ridiculous.
I understand what you're asking and I think the girls only marry the guy. But that said, I think this is a horrible thing to teach at school. Polygamy is illegal no matter where you are.





Edit: Well that's worse if you and your friend are doing it to be funny. It's actually sick.
The old mormon leader Brigham Young had alot of wives and they were each married to him but not to eachother. I suppose you can do it how you want because different cultures view polygamy in different ways
lol, it's just the husband they marry. this question is hilarious, btw. It's funny that they have polygamous couples in bible class :P
I think they only marry the guy. since same sex marriage isn't possible in this country, the women can't marry each other unfortunately.
Only the husband. God frowns on homosexuality *eye roll*
The girls only marry the guy, they're not all married to each other.
BIBLE CLASS = POLYGAMOUS DOESN'T REALLY ADD UP ? WOW !!
They only marry the man.
They marry only the guy, but accept each other as ';sister wives';. They treat each other more of sister's than each other's wife. You should check out a few episodes of ';Big Love'; it's a really good show and it'll show you more about polygamy in the real world (not just the cults...although it does show you that side as well).





Edit: oh if you aren't learning about it then just see the first part of my answer. lol





And this happened when I was in highschool. There were a few same-sex couples and a few polygamist couples. If there wasn't then we would've had 1/2 the class left out. And the project was mandatory to get the credit so that wouldn't have worked. lol
Assuming there is only one guy, the multiple wives marry the guy but the women don't marry each other. They have to share him. As shown on any tv program with real life cases or websites, etc, you find out there is a huge amount of jealousy between the women.





Polygamy is illegal but religious sects find ways to get around it and aren't caught even though they should be for breaking the law. I'm curious as to what this has to do with a Bible class? Are you researching what life would have been like in Biblical times when multiple wives were commonplace? You do know that God says in the Bible that a man should not have multiple wives, don't you?
Not sure exactly what you are asking...in California it is safe sex marriages are legal.