If cheating is as common as commercials and forgiveness is a 50/50 chance based on trusting a partner, then polyamorous relationships based on honesty and the elimination of the problem with sticking to just one partner should be more accepted.  In the same survey, however, only 8 of the 25 in the total survey engaged in a polyamorous relationship at some time in their life though 16 out of the 25 said that they accepted it.  Again, when asked if polyamorists should be able to legally marry, it went about half and half with 13 agreeing it should be legal, 11 disagreeing and 1 said “it depends on the situation.”  Out of the 13 who agreed with poly marriage 9 believed it was no one person’s or governments business to make that decision and out of the 11 who disagreed with poly marriage 8 said it goes against what marriage stands for: commitment and one person meant for one person.

 The contradiction of accepting cheating in a relationship, which is based on dishonesty, yet not accepting polyamory relationships, which is based on truthfulness is what prompted this subject to be analyzed.  Out of the 8 who believed in “commitment and one person meant for one person” 5 believed cheating was forgivable.  The reasons varied but the most noteworthy were subjects #1, #7 and #10. 

For subject #1 honesty or dishonesty in a relationship did not appear to be a priority.  She believed that if a person cheats and gives a sincere apology then it should be forgiven, it is only when it is repeated that it is unfixable.  However, subject #1 also said they did not agree with polyamory relationships because she “would feel dirty if my partner slept with someone other than me during the same time frame,” and that those involved in polyamory relationships did not love their partners as much as those in monogamous relationships because she did not “see how that person would have good strong feelings for one person if they were going to sleep around with others.”

Paint Your Wagon , 1969 - Elizabeth's presence comes to be a novelty in the area, causing all the other miners to become somewhat obsessed with Elizabeth, and Ben to be consumed by jealousy and paranoia. News comes of the pending arrival of "six French tarts" to a neighboring town and a plan is hatched to kidnap the women and bring them to "No Name City," thus providing the other miners with the potential for female companionship, giving Ben less reason to fear that the other men are after his wife, and providing the town with additional sources of income as other miners from outlying regions will likely be willing to spend their money in No Name City if it means a chance to visit prostitutes. Ben heads up the mission and leaves Elizabeth in the care of Pardner. While Ben is gone, the two fall in love. Elizabeth says that she also still loves Ben, and convinces them that if a Mormon man can have two wives, a woman can have two husbands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Your_Wagon_(film)