What basis is there for the state to prevent me from having multiple wives? Originally Posted by Jewish LawyerGenerally speaking I don't think there are "benefit" consequences created on the states, but there are on the Federal government, which either has to pay benfits to ALL wives upon the death of a husband or modify regulations to a "first in time" threshhold ... and because of the equal protection clause females will be able to have multiple husbands .. and regs will have to be revised to address a multiple source of benefits ...
and adjustment will have to be made to adjust regs to address the circumstance of a "last minute" marriage to collect benefits.