Last year a show that would otherwise have been a blip on the cultural radar made a few headlines. The drama Big Love (starring Bill Paxton, with appearances by character heavyweights Bruce Dern and Harry Dean Stanton) was a show about Mormons, with a big emphasis on one of the more sensational aspect of certain renegade Mormons' lives, namely polygamy (the Mormon Church officially banned the practice way back in 1890). The show caused a surprising uproar, and certain critics were not pleased with what they thought was a glowing recommendation of wife-swapping and open marriages. This leaves one wondering - is polygamy/open marriages still a forbidden topic? Does having an open marriage mean that you're not capable of committing to a relationship?

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